Food recall

Dean Foods, Inc. recall: Meadow Gold Dairy Pure Fresh Half & Half One Quart (946 mL)

Dean Foods, Inc., of Dallas, TX, recalled Meadow Gold Dairy Pure Fresh Half & Half One Quart (946 mL) and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Insufficient pasteurization.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 1, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 5, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed February 16, 2017

The recall

Company
Dean Foods, Inc. (Dallas, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Insufficient pasteurization.”
Where it was sold
ID, OR, WY, UT
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74306

The 3 products recalled

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

  • F-2603-2016 Class II

    Meadow Gold Dairy Pure Fresh Half & Half One Quart (946 mL)

    Codes: SELL BY 16-05 06-17-19 CK-D _ _:_ _ LK UPC: 4190007913

    Quantity: 1206 containers

  • F-2604-2016 Class II

    Meadow Gold Dairy Pure Fresh Heavy Whipping Cream One Gallon (3.78L) in plastic one gallon container; Fresh Meadow Gold Dairy Pure Heavy Whipping Cream Half Pint (236 mL) in waxed cardboard carton; Meadow Gold Dairy Pure Fresh Heavy Whipping Cream One Quart (946mL) in waxed cardboard carton.

    Codes: 1 gallon: 16-05 6-24-16 _ _:_ _ CK-D DL, UPC: 1570016615; Half pint: SELL BY 16-05 06-24-16 CK-D _ _:_ _ LK, UPC: 1570010018; Quart: SELL BY 16-05 06-24-16 CK-D _ _:_ _, UPC: 1570013210

    Quantity: 590 containers

  • F-2605-2016 Class II

    Old Style Meadow Gold Heavy Whipping Cream Grade A Pint (473 mL) in waxed cardboard container

    Codes: SELL BY 16-05 06-24-16 CK-D _ _:_ _ LK, UPC: 1570013313

    Quantity: 60 containers

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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 5, 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.