Consumers urged to dispose of the cheese due to bacterial contamination.

Raw Goat Milk Cheddar Cheese produced and packaged by Sierra Nevada Cheese Company of Glenn County is the subject of a statewide recall and quarantine order announced by California State Veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones.  The quarantine order came following the confirmed detection of Listeria monocytogenes in the firm’s raw goat milk cheddar cheese sampled and tested by the California Department of Food and Agriculture.

The order applies to “Sierra Nevada Bella Capra Goat Cheese, Raw Milk Goat Cheddar” sold in six-ounce (6 oz) square blocks packaged in clear plastic wrapping marked on the back with the lot code 90423255 and a Sell By date of 5/29/26.

Consumers are strongly urged to dispose of any product remaining in their refrigerators and retailers are to pull the product immediately from their shelves.

CDFA detected the Listeria bacteria in a routine sample collected on 8/14/25 at the Sierra Nevada Cheese Company’s manufacturing and packaging facility.  No illnesses have been reported.

Listeria monocytogenes can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.