Food recall

Whole Foods Market recall: Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese packaged in clear plastic wrap

Whole Foods Market, of Austin, TX, recalled Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese packaged in clear plastic wrap. The FDA's reason: “Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 7, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 11, 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 November 16, 2016

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide throughout the USA and UK
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
72370

The product recalled

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

  • F-0130-2016 Class I

    Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese packaged in clear plastic wrap

    Codes: PLU 029536, all sell by dates

    Quantity: 1593 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 November 11, 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.