Food recall

Giant Eagle, Inc. recall: Giant Eagle Store cut Fontal Cheese wrapped in plastic wrap Belgium Imported Fontal - CD

Giant Eagle, Inc., of Pittsburgh, PA, recalled Giant Eagle Store cut Fontal Cheese wrapped in plastic wrap Belgium Imported Fontal - CD. The FDA's reason: “Retail store cut cheese packages did not declare the presence of Lysozyme, an egg allergen.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 21, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 13, 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

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed July 27, 2015

The recall

Company
Giant Eagle, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Retail store cut cheese packages did not declare the presence of Lysozyme, an egg allergen.”
Where it was sold
OH PA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
70827

The product recalled

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

  • F-2173-2015 Class I

    Giant Eagle Store cut Fontal Cheese wrapped in plastic wrap Belgium Imported Fontal - CD; Sell By: (up to and including) 04/23/2015 PLU: 16124 Giant Eagle Distributed by: Giant Eagle, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15238

    Codes: Sell By: (up to and including) 04/23/2015

    Quantity: 225 units since 1/19/2015

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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 May 13, 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.