Food recall

Whole Foods Market recall: Cheese sold unde the brand name, EWELICIOUS BLEATING HEART RAW SHEEPS MILK SALT CULTURES

Whole Foods Market, of Austin, TX, recalled Cheese sold unde the brand name, EWELICIOUS BLEATING HEART RAW SHEEPS MILK SALT CULTURES and 5 other products. 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 31, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 18, 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 October 13, 2015

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
CA, AZ, and HI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
70152

The 6 products recalled

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

  • F-1032-2015 Class I

    Cheese sold unde the brand name, EWELICIOUS BLEATING HEART RAW SHEEPS MILK SALT CULTURES. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.

    Codes: PLU (product look up code) #299784; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015

    Quantity: Unknown

  • F-1033-2015 Class I

    Cheese sold unde the brand name, MIXTRESS BLEATING HEART NEW JERSEY COW MILK RAW SHEEPS MILK SALT CULTURES. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.

    Codes: PLU (product look up code) #299785; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015

    Quantity: Unknown

  • F-1034-2015 Class I

    Cheese sold under the brand name, MOOLICIOUS BLUE BLEATING HEART RAW COW MILK SALT CULTURES. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.

    Codes: PLU (product look up code) #299648; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015

    Quantity: Unknown

  • F-1035-2015 Class I

    Cheese sold under the brand name, Sheperdista Bleating Heart, Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, cultures, salt. Contains Milk: 080414. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.

    Codes: PLU (product look up code) #254704; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015

    Quantity: Unknown

  • F-1036-2015 Class I

    Cheese sold under the brand name, Goldette Tommette Bleating Heart, Ingredients: Raw Jersey Cow Milk, Salt, Cultures Contains Milk: 032814. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.

    Codes: PLU (product look up code) #250302; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015

    Quantity: Unknown

  • F-1037-2015 Class I

    Cheese sold under the brand name, Fat Bottom Girl, Ingredients: Raw sheeps' milk, salt, cheese cultures Contains Milk: 071612. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.

    Codes: PLU (product look up code) #254705; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015

    Quantity: Unknown

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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 18, 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.