Wegmans Cheese Recall in 10 States Over Listeria
If you bought fancy cheese from Wegmans lately, check your fridge. The grocery chain just recalled several cheese products that might be contaminated with listeria.
The recall covers Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese and three other products containing it, sold from July 1 through August 12. Affected stores span from Massachusetts to North Carolina—basically the entire East Coast where Wegmans operates.
Nobody's gotten sick yet, but Wegmans isn't messing around. They're already robo-calling Shoppers Club members who bought the suspect cheese.
The Hit List
Four products got the axe:
Medium Camembert Soft Ripened Cheese (8.8 oz)—check for best-by dates of 7/26/25, 8/12/25, or 8/19/25
Assorted Cheese Flight (the fancy one-pound sampler)
Grilling Camembert with Tapenade & Roasted Tomatoes (because of course that exists)
Caramel Apple Pecan Topped Brie (peak Wegmans energy)
The cheese came from Estancia Holdings out of Georgia. If you want your money back, just march that cheese to the service desk. No receipt required.
Why This Matters
Listeria isn't your garden-variety food poisoning that ruins a weekend. This bacteria kills 260 Americans every year—making it the third deadliest foodborne illness.
It's especially vicious to pregnant women, older folks, and anyone with a sketchy immune system. Pregnant women who catch it can lose their babies according to CDC data.
The symptoms read like a medical nightmare: fever, muscle aches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, even convulsions. Some people just get diarrhea and feel unwell. Others end up in the ICU.
Here's the truly terrifying part: symptoms can take 70 days to show up. You could eat contaminated cheese in August and not get sick until October. By then, good luck remembering what you ate.
Now What?
First, raid your cheese drawer. Got any of these Wegmans products? Trash them. Don't sniff test. Don't taste a corner. Just toss it. Or return it for cash if you're feeling thrifty. Wegmans will refund without drama.
Next, bleach everything that cheese touched. Listeria loves refrigerators—it's one of the few bacteria that thrives in cold temperatures. It can spread to other foods like a microscopic plague.
If you already ate the cheese, monitor yourself for symptoms. If you feel unwell, tell your doctor about the potential listeria exposure. Antibiotics work great if you catch it early. Wait too long and things get dicey.
The Cheese Curse Continues
Soft cheeses and listeria go together way too often for comfort. The bacteria loves hiding in products we don't cook before eating.
For Wegmans, this hurts. They've built their brand on being the bougie grocery store that doesn't mess up. Now they're calling customers about potentially deadly cheese. Not a great look for the "cheese flight" crowd.
However, give credit where it's due—they jumped on this fast. Automated calls, clear instructions, easy refunds. That's how you handle a recall without looking too bad.
The Takeaway
Even fancy stores sell sketchy products sometimes. That $15 artisanal cheese wheel might harbor the same dangers as gas station sushi. When recalls hit, don't play chicken with bacteria that literally kills people.
Check your fridge. Return the cheese. Live to eat another wedge of overpriced dairy. Because no cheese—not even Caramel Apple Pecan Topped Brie—is worth gambling with listeria.