If you have a Hello Fresh or Chefs Plate box sitting in your fridge right now, you are going to want to check the cheese before your next meal.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall on multiple cheese products included in Hello Fresh and Chefs Plate meal kits due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
The recall, which was first posted on March 30 and updated on April 2 with additional products, covers five types of cheese: shredded parmesan, cheese curds, feta, goat cheese, and mozzarella.
The affected products come in various sizes ranging from 28g to 170g, with best-before dates spanning from February to May 2026.
That is a wide window, which means there could be affected cheese sitting in fridges and freezers across Canada right now.
No illnesses have been reported so far, but the recall has been classified as Class 1.
That means there is a reasonable probability that consuming the product could cause serious health consequences.
Listeria monocytogenes is a type of bacteria that can cause a serious infection called listeriosis.
It is particularly dangerous for pregnant women, elderly individuals, and anyone with a weakened immune system.
Symptoms can include fever, muscle aches, nausea, and diarrhea.
In severe cases, the infection can spread beyond the gut and become life-threatening.
The recall affects meal kits distributed nationally across Canada by GDE Grocery Delivery E-Services Canada Inc., the company behind both the Hello Fresh and Chefs Plate brands.
Both services deliver pre-portioned ingredients directly to subscribers, which means the recalled cheese would have arrived inside meal kit boxes rather than being purchased off a store shelf.
If you have any of the recalled cheese products at home, the CFIA is advising you not to eat, sell, or serve them.
You should either throw them out or return them to where you got them.
Anyone who thinks they may have gotten sick from one of the recalled products should contact their doctor.
This is not the first time a meal kit company has dealt with a recall of this nature.
But the scale of this one, covering five different cheese types across two brands with months of best-before dates, makes it worth paying attention to.
You can check the full list of affected product codes and best-before dates on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s recall page.
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