Hebridean Blue Cheese recalled over fears it may cause rare kidney disease

Isle of Mull Cheese has issued an urgent 'do not eat' warning on the product because of contamination with pathogenic E.coli.

Matthew Fulton

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Hebridean Blue Cheese has been recalled over fears it may cause a rare kidney disease.

Isle of Mull Cheese has issued an urgent ‘do not eat’ warning on the product because of contamination with pathogenic E.coli and Shiga toxin.

Symptoms can include diarrhoea, abdominal pain, bloody diarrhoea, and haemolytic uraemic syndrome, a serious condition that can lead to kidney failure and can be fatal.

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.

No other Isle of Mull Cheese products are known to be affected.

Customers who have purchased the product have been urged not to eat it and return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.

Point of sale notices will be displayed in all retail stores that are selling the cheese.

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 We have withdrawn all Hebridean Blue cheese for further testing.”