Raw drinking milk producer Dreamview Creamery Real has recalled specific batches of raw milk as the product may contain listeria.
The milk is sold via home deliveries. For more details about the recall alert, please click here.
New Zealand Food Safety has said that customers who have purchased any affected product listed on this notice do not consume it. Customers should return the product to Dreamview Creamery Real for a full refund.
"Listeria can make people sick (listeriosis) if they consume contaminated food,” said New Zealand Food Safety acting deputy director-general Jenny Bishop.
"Listeriosis infection can be serious among vulnerable groups such as pregnant women and their unborn babies, newborns, people with weakened immune systems, and elderly people.”
Bishop continued that for those in the high-risk groups, listeriosis typically has an incubation period of three to 70 days (with an average of 21 days) before symptoms appear. Healthy adults will likely experience only mild infection, causing mild diarrhoea and flu-like symptoms.
"If you have consumed this product and are concerned about your health, seek medical advice.”
Dreamview Creamery Real is a registered provider of raw milk.
New Zealand Food Safety has not received any reports of associated illness.
