Overview
- New Zealand Food Safety says Over The Moon cheese discarded at Putāruru Landfill was taken and resold in South Waikato on Sunday.
- Police are investigating reports of sales by unauthorised sellers at a local market and on Facebook Marketplace, including from a supermarket trolley on a footpath.
- The warning covers batch numbers 18.11.25, 25.11.25 and 26.11.25 across multiple varieties, with the public urged to report sightings to 0800 00 83 33.
- Authorities say the product was outside required safety controls and may have been unrefrigerated or contaminated, so it should not be eaten.
- No illnesses have been reported, and NZFS describes the case as very unusual while planning increased enforcement against illegal food sales in 2026.