Food recall

Tomales Bay Foods, Inc. recall: Tumulo Farms, Pondhopper Cheese

Tomales Bay Foods, Inc., of Petaluma, CA, recalled Tumulo Farms, Pondhopper Cheese and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “State of CA Department of Agriculture sampled finished product and found Listeria monocytogenes in Pondhopper cheese. .” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 28, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 12, 2012. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed December 6, 2012

The recall

Company
Tomales Bay Foods, Inc. (Petaluma, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“State of CA Department of Agriculture sampled finished product and found Listeria monocytogenes in Pondhopper cheese. .”
Where it was sold
Part One: CA, VA, VT, WI, OR, UT and Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Holland, Greece. Part Two: Dates of Distribution: 6/2512 - 7/27/12 Pattern: CA, NC, FL
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
62710

The 3 products recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0797-2013 Class I

    Tumulo Farms, Pondhopper Cheese; any cut or partial wheels, wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked with magic marker and a Tomales Bay Foods sticker applied. Product is cut and packaged by Tomales Bay Foods, Petaluma, CA

    Codes: Pack Dated of 6/28 and after

    Quantity: 101.1 pounds

  • F-0798-2013 Class I

    Shepherd's Way Big Woods Blue cut wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked with magic marker and a Tomales Bay Foods sticker applied. Product is cut and packaged by Tomales Bay Foods, Petaluma, CA

    Codes: Pack Dates of 6/28 and after; Make date of 7/19/11 to 7/27/11

    Quantity: 31.9 pounds

  • F-1985-2012 Class II

    Tomales Bay Foods brand Artisan Cheese in PARTIAL WHEELS of Cheese, from cheese makers in US (VA, VT, Ca, WI, OR, WA and UT) and Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland and Greece. Varieties include Appalachian, Coolea, Cabot clothbound Cheddar, Big Rock Blue, Goat Gouda, Holey Cow, Big Woods Blue, Fiore Sardo,, Valdeon, Pecorino Romano, Sottocenere, Capriago, Capricious, Cave Aged Gruyere, Cave Aged Marisa, Fenacho, Pondhopper, Comte, L'Amuse Signature Gouda, Dante Waxed Rind, Dry Jack Special Reserve, Mezzo Secco, Extra Mature Bandage Cheddar, San Joaquin Gold, Flagship Reserve Truckle, Fontina Vallet Pietro, Grana Padano, Parmigiano Reggiano Organic, Taleggio Organic, Comte Reserve Ete, Loma Alta, Mt. Viko Barrel Aged Feta, Pepato, San Andreas Bellwether Farms, Reading, Tarentaise, Seahive, St. George, Toma and Wagon Wheel. Cheese is cut per order and wrapped in cheese paper and marked with a magic marker indicating the type of cheese, poundage and pack date as well as a Tomales Bay Foods label. There are no code numbers or expiration dates marked on the product.

    Codes: All product cut and wrapped on July 24 and 25, 2012.

    Quantity: 562.74 pounds original recall, 101.1 pounds of Pondhopper and 31.41 pounds of Big Woods Blue

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of December 12, 2012.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.