Soft Ricotta Cheese, Mexican Cottage Cheese

  • Potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
  • Company: La Ceiba Foods Latin Market Inc.
  • Food & Beverages
  • FDA
  • June 26, 2026

Product details

  • Soft Ricotta Cheese, Mexican Cottage Cheese

Company announcement

La Ceiba Foods Latin Market Inc. is recalling Requesón Salvadoreño (Salvadoran Cottage Cheese) and Requesón Mexicano (Mexican Cottage Cheese) products under the La Colonia and Selectos Latinos brands.

The recall was initiated due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Products were distributed to supermarkets, retail stores, and restaurants in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

As of June 26, 2026, 12 illnesses and one death have been reported in connection with a multi-state outbreak linked to soft cheese manufactured by Clover Hill Dairy.

Risk:

Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, older adults, pregnant women, and people with weakened immune systems. Healthy people may have short-lived symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Listeria infection can also lead to miscarriages and stillbirth in pregnant women.

Impacted states: MD, VA

Products:

- Salvadoreno Requeson, Soft Ricotta Cheese (UPC code(s): 736846383099)

- Requeson Salvadoreno, Ricotta Style Salvadorean Style Cheese (UPC code(s): 767787984526)

- Requeson Mexicano, Mexican Cottage Cheese (UPC code(s): 767787984519)

- Buket of Requeson

Contact

For more information, call 240-528-8850 extension 327.

View the original FDA notice

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