A third batch of blue cheese has been recalled following an outbreak of E Coli that led to the death of a child.

Errington Cheese Ltd issued a "precautionary recall" of its Dunsyre Blue cheese on Thursday over fears it may contain shiga toxin-producing E Coli - a harmful type of bacteria which can cause death.

The firm, which was previously linked to an outbreak of E Coli in July, instigated a recall of batch E24 of its Dunsyre Blue and Dunsyre Baby cheeses.

The affected dates are batches of E24 Dunsyre Blue with best before dates between 18/09/2016 to 18/10/2016.

And batches of E24 Dunsyre Baby with best before dates between 21/09/2016 to 11/10/2016.

Food Standards Scotland warned consumers who had bought the cheese and had no batch details not to eat it.

A spokesperson said: "FSS believes that this precautionary recall is a responsible action by Errington Cheese Ltd that we believe to be in the best interests of consumers to protect them from potential risks to public health.

"This product is mainly supplied to hotels, restaurants, specialist cheese shops and delicatessens

"If you have purchased this product with the batch number above or if you have purchased it from a delicatessen and do not have batch information, do not eat it.

"Instead, return it to either Errington Cheese Ltd or the store from where it was purchased."

The latest recall comes just days after the food watchdog declared the E Coli outbreak over.

In July, 20 people fell ill with the same strain of E Coli O157 with 11 people requiring hospital treatment, prompting a major investigation.

On Monday, Health Protection Scotland confirmed that a child had died as a result of contracting the bacteria.

The following day, Food Standards Scotland announced that their incident management team had stood down after no new cases had been presented.

HPS said epidemiological investigations into the outbreak had found that Dunsyre Blue, produced by Errington Cheese in South Lanarkshire, was the "most likely cause".

Two batches of Dunsyre Blue were voluntarily recalled by the firm after the outbreak.

Experts said that they had not managed to find any other link to the majority of the cases, however Errington Cheese disputed the link after carrying out their own independent tests.

In a statement issued last month on its website, Errington Cheese said: "All our testing, covering a period of almost six months from March 21 to date, is completely clear of E Coli O157.

"All authority testing is negative for E Coli O157. All customer testing for E Coli O157 is negative. All farm testing for E Coli O157 is negative.

"At least six samples have been taken from the implicated batch D14; they all tested negative for E Coli O157."

More information can be found on the Food Standards Scotland website.