Food recall

Forever Cheese recall: Mitica brand PECORINO AGED IN WALNUTS LEAVES (PECORINO FOGLIE di NOCI), SEMI-HARD SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE, Minimum Weight...

Forever Cheese, of Astoria, NY, recalled Mitica brand PECORINO AGED IN WALNUTS LEAVES (PECORINO FOGLIE di NOCI), SEMI-HARD SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE, Minimum Weight.... The FDA's reason: “The Mitica brand Aged Pecorino Cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes based on private laboratory testing.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 8, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 12, 2016. 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 September 30, 2016

The recall

Company
Forever Cheese (Astoria, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The Mitica brand Aged Pecorino Cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes based on private laboratory testing.”
Where it was sold
California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Colorado, Vermont, Virginia, Florida and Connecticut
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73306

The product recalled

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

  • F-2624-2016 Class I

    Mitica brand PECORINO AGED IN WALNUTS LEAVES (PECORINO FOGLIE di NOCI), SEMI-HARD SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE, Minimum Weight 2 lbs. -- Product of Romagna - Italy --- Imported by Forever Cheese, L.I.C., NY 11106 --- There are 2 wheels of cheese per shipping case.

    Codes: Production Code NOC15313 (found on shipping case only), invoiced as Lot X2537

    Quantity: 31 cases (80 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 October 12, 2016.

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.