Food recall

Whole Foods Market recall: Trois Comtois Morbier Cheese labeled as follows

Whole Foods Market, of Austin, TX, recalled Trois Comtois Morbier Cheese labeled as follows. The FDA's reason: “The product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This recall is in response to the Trois Comtois in Poligny, France recall.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 26, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 4, 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

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed September 19, 2013

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This recall is in response to the Trois Comtois in Poligny, France recall.”
Where it was sold
AZ, CA, HI, IL, IN, LA, MI, MO, NE, NV, OH, OK, TX, VA, Washington D.C., and WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
65861

The product recalled

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

  • F-1851-2013 Class I

    Trois Comtois Morbier Cheese labeled as follows: Morbier Raw Milk PLU 293358; Morbier AOC Le Trois PLU 293608; Morbier Raw Milk French Cheese PLU 293358; and Morbier Les Trois Comtois PLU 293608, Whole Foods Market

    Codes: All best buy dates sold at Whole Food Market Stores in Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Ohio, Virginia, Washington D.C., Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, Wisconsin, California, Hawaii, Arizona, Nevada (Reno Store Only)

    Quantity: 766 lbs

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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 September 4, 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.