Food recall

Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. recall: Raw Milk Cheddar Cheese

Farm Country Cheese House, Inc., of Lakeview, MI, recalled Raw Milk Cheddar Cheese. The FDA's reason: “Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 23, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 4, 2015. 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 June 24, 2015

The recall

Company
Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. (Lakeview, MI)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes”
Where it was sold
Domestic: MI Foreign: None
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
70108

The product recalled

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

  • F-0938-2015 Class I

    Raw Milk Cheddar Cheese, packaged in 8-oz. blocks and 5-lb. loafs.

    Codes: Julian dates: 14301, 14302, 14308, 14309, 14324, 1425, 14332, 14336, 14339; Use By Dates between October 28th 2015 and December 5th 2015

    Quantity: 1136.53 pounds

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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 February 4, 2015.

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.