The 21 cases of listeriosis identified by the health authorities in “possible” link with the consumption of cheese from the Chavegrand cheese factory are distributed over almost all French territory, according to a French health health point (SPF) on Wednesday. “”The cases are distributed throughout the territory with the exception of the Pays de la Loire ”according to the press release, which details the health situation of contaminated persons, two of whom died. Four cases were identified in Ile-de-France, three in New Aquitaine, two in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Rhône-Alpes, two in Center-Val de Loire, two in Grand Est, two in Hauts-de-France, two in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, one in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, one in Brittany, one in Normandy and one in Occitania.
“These are eleven women and ten men aged 34 to 95, 18 of them are over 65”reports SPF. Among these 21 people, “Three of them took long -term drug treatments likely to promote digestive infections and all others had known comorbidities as risk factors for listeriosis (cancers, diabetes, cardiac pathologies or a great age)”.
“The investigations carried out by Public Health France […] led to identify in early August for the converging epidemiological and microbiological elements, establishing a possible link between these 21 cases of listeriosis ”including 18 since June, “And the consumption of pasteurized milk cheeses produced by the company Chavegrand”on Tuesday said a joint SPF press release and the Ministry of Agriculture. The cheeses concerned, camemberts, creamy, or goat cheeses, among others, have been marketed “Until August 9, 2025” by the cheese dairy on “The whole national territory”especially in supermarkets, as well as “That internationally”still according to this joint press release.
The CHAVEGRAND cheese dairy had reacted Tuesday by sending its “Condolences to affected families”. She had specified that the cheeses recalled in June and August were produced on an old production line, closed in early June, replaced by a new line, and subject to “A very reinforced analysis plan”which has still not made it possible to find a trace of Listeria within the cheese dairy.
More than 40 lots of cheeses were the subject of a recall between Monday and Tuesday due to suspicion of contamination to the Listeria bacteria, according to the government site consumer recall. “The people who hold these products are asked not to consume them”warned the government. People who have consumed these cheeses “And who would present fever, isolated or accompanied by headache, and aches, are invited to consult their treating doctor by signaling this consumption”. Pregnant women, immunocompromised people and the elderly “Should be particularly attentive to these symptoms” While listeriosis represents the second cause of mortality by food poisoning in France with a few dozen deaths per year.