Food recall

Homestead Creamery recall: Homestead Creamery Artisan Cheese, Flory's Favorite, whole raw jersey milk

Homestead Creamery, of Jamesport, MO, recalled Homestead Creamery Artisan Cheese, Flory's Favorite, whole raw jersey milk. The FDA's reason: “The raw milk cheese product may be contaminated with shiga-toxin e-coli.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 11, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 6, 2013. 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

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed July 18, 2013

The recall

Company
Homestead Creamery (Jamesport, MO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The raw milk cheese product may be contaminated with shiga-toxin e-coli.”
Where it was sold
The product was distributed to stores in MO and an open farmer's market in gift baskets. Exact dates of the start of distribution are not clear. The plastic packaging film used to package the recalled product is supplied by: Specialty Foods, Roland Park, KS. The Annato cheese food coloring, cheese cultures and Rennet are supplied by, Dairy Connections, Madison, WI.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
64092

The product recalled

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

  • F-1009-2013 Class I

    Homestead Creamery Artisan Cheese, Flory's Favorite, whole raw jersey milk, packaged in 1-lb or 1/2-lb block/plastic packs.

    Codes: label marked with: Packed On 210

    Quantity: 4/20-lb blocks cut into smaller 1-lb and 1/2-lb packages

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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 March 6, 2013.

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.