Two days before Christmas, Scotland’s troubled Errington Cheese Ltd. recalled all batches, all sizes, and all date codes of its Dunsyre Blue cheese because the product contains Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall notice puts Errington’s Dunsyre Blue back in the news just two months after the Crown decided not to prosecute
Continue Reading Listeria is the latest pathogen to rock Scotland’s Errington Cheese
Based on the existing evidence, the Crown Office announced Monday it would not prosecute Scotland’s Errington Cheese Ltd. or its owners for the death of a 3-year old girl in September 2016.
A criminal prosecution is still possible if new evidence becomes available and the authorities may conduct a Fatal
Continue Reading Crown won’t prosecute Errington Cheese for 3 year old’s death
One of Scotland’s Errington Cheese Ltd. products returned to the market earlier this week against the wishes of the country’s top food safety agency. Sales of the Errington cheeses were banned in September because of an outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 that sickened 26 people and caused the death of
Continue Reading Errington cheese back on sale despite Scottish warning, death
There have been more chapters written in the saga of a Scottish cheesemaker fighting for the survival of its premier brands after they were linked to 22 E. coli illnesses and the death of a 3-year-old girl from Dunbartonshire.
In official action, Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has revised the Food
Continue Reading Food Standards Scotland continues ban on Errington Cheeses
Food Standards Scotland (FSS) has issued a statement on its involvement with a multi-agency Incident Management Team (IMT), chaired by Health Protection Scotland, which had been investigating an outbreak of E. coli O157 in Scotland. FSS announced that the team “has stood down” as of Sept. 5, when it declared
Continue Reading Food Standards Scotland declares E. coli outbreak officially over
