Reminder of Morbier cheeses sold throughout France after possible contamination by the bacteria E. coli

Notice to cheese enthusiasts: Better to be careful before preparing your next tartine. This Friday, the authorities published a salvo of warnings concerning several of these products, which must imperatively be reported or destroyed, and not consumed, for health reasons.

The cheeses concerned are all made by the Jean-Perrin brand. We first find a raw milk aop morbier 30% aged 45 days, a morbier 45 days, a portion of morbier 45 days, as well as a tray for meal raclette morbier, designed for fondues. They were sold throughout France, of which, for the first, in U stores, the second and the fourth in several supermarkets and the third in stores of intermarché, Casino, Monoprix and U system.

The cheeses were sold between mid-November 2024 and at the end of January 2025, add the health authorities, which advocate not to consume them. These, in fact, are possibly contaminated by the bacteria Escherichia coli (E. coli). “The Escherichia Coli Shiga Toxinogen (STEC) can lead to the consumption of contaminated products, sometimes bloody diarrhea, in abdominal pain and vomiting, or not with fever in the week, or not. These symptoms can be followed (5 to 8% of cases) of severe renal complications, mainly in children ”detail the state services.

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In the event of symptoms, it will be better to consult his doctor as soon as possible, “By telling him this consumption as well as the place and date of purchase”. Consumers who bought these cheeses can bring it to their point of sale, to obtain a refund. The recall is not to be taken lightly: so far, eleven cases of hemolytic and uremic syndrome (Shu) due to this bacteria have been identified by the authorities. The investigations carried out by Public Health France have led to identifying epidemiological and converging traceability, “Make the link with the consumption of Morbier cheeses to raw milk produced by the company Perrin-Vermot (25) and the occurrence of these grouped cases of Shu”. “Microbiological investigations are underway on cheese dairy products”add the health authorities.

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The cheese producer, for his part, proceeded on Saturday with the withdrawal and recall of certain lots of Morbier, in grinding, in portions, in slices or in cheese trays. Perrin-Vermot has set up an information number for consumers: 03 81 62 06 29.