Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Mountainoak cheese recall

Mountainoak Cheese Ltd, is recalling some of its cheeses because of potential contamination with salmonella bacteria.

Mountainoak  is an on-farm cheese-making business south of New Hamburg in the Waterloo Region.

The problem was identified during routine testing by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. It’s now looking into other cheeses made at the dairy farm.

In November the family-run business won a reserve championship at the Royal Agricultural Winter Fair in Toronto for its cheese.

The recall applies to Farmstead Premium Dutch Semi-soft cheese, both mild and smoked.

They were sold from the on-farm store, at some supermarket deli departments and to restaurants.

Mountainoak was founded by Adam van Bergeijk and his wife Hannie in Holland. It’s now run by their sons, Arjo and John.

Arjo and his wife, Baukje, live on the farm where the cheese factory and retail outlet are located near the village of Haysville.

John and his wife, Angela, run live on a nearby dairy farm.


Mountainoak has been featured in a number of farm publications.