Food recall

Smith's Country Cheese, Inc. recall: Gouda Cheese wheels, Whole Wheels 10 lbs and Half Wheels 5 lbs.

Smith's Country Cheese, Inc., of Winchendon, MA, recalled Gouda Cheese wheels, Whole Wheels 10 lbs and Half Wheels 5 lbs.. The FDA's reason: “Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 12, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 2, 2014. 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 July 10, 2017

The recall

Company
Smith's Country Cheese, Inc. (Winchendon, MA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes”
Where it was sold
MA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
68543

The product recalled

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

  • F-2049-2014 Class I

    Gouda Cheese wheels, Whole Wheels 10 lbs and Half Wheels 5 lbs., packaged under the the brand names: Mountain Gouda and Smiths Farmstand

    Codes: Julian date Code: 4037

    Quantity: 21 wheels

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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 July 2, 2014.

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.