A SCOTTISH blue cheese has been recalled amid a warning it may cause kidney failure.
Isla of Mull Cheese has issued a "do not eat" warning to customers after it was found one cheese produced by the company had likely been contaminated with pathogenic E.coli and Shiga toxin.
Hebridean Blue cheese has been recalled and customers who purchased the product have been asked to not consume it, and return it to the store it was bought from. They will receive a full refund,
No other Isle of Mull Cheese produce is suspected to have been affected.
The recall notice, issued via Food Standards Scotland (FSS), affects all pack sizes with a best before date of April 10, 2025 and a batch code 8051224.
Symptoms after ingesting the pathogen include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhoea, and haemolytic uraemic syndrome, a serious condition that can lead to kidney failure and can be fatal.
The company said in response: “Most varieties of cheese in the world are produced are from raw milk.
“It has been used to preserve food for hundreds, if not thousands of years.
“Producing raw milk cheese is tough. The cheese being recalled would have passed normal testing as no pathogens were found using agar plates.
“Cooking the cheese will totally remove any possibility of illness. We have withdrawn all Hebridean Blue cheese for further testing.”
