Panera Bread recalls cream cheese because of Listeria
No illnesses have been reported, but company is recalling all 2-oz. and 8-oz. cream cheeses.
While there have been no reported illnesses, out of an abundance of caution, Panera Bread is conducting a nationwide preemptive, voluntary recall of all 2-oz. and 8-oz. cream cheese products sold in its U.S. bakery-cafes.
The recall was initiated after samples of one variety of 2-oz. cream cheese from a single production day showed a positive result for the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. Tests on cream cheese samples manufactured both before and after the production run in question have all come back negative.