Food recall

Whole Foods Market recall: Vulto Creamery Ouleout soft wash-rind raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic

Whole Foods Market, of Austin, TX, recalled Vulto Creamery Ouleout soft wash-rind raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic and 4 other products. The FDA's reason: “Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 8, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 19, 2017. 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 April 19, 2017

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey and New York
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
76682

The 5 products recalled

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

  • F-1868-2017 Class I

    Vulto Creamery Ouleout soft wash-rind raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic

    Codes: "sell by" dates from 12/27/2016 to 03/28/2017.

    Quantity: 0.5 lbs

  • F-1869-2017 Class I

    Vulto Creamery Miranda soft wash-rind raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic

    Codes: "sell by" dates from 12/27/2016 to 03/28/2017.

    Quantity: 23 lbs

  • F-1870-2017 Class I

    Vulto Creamery Andes raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic

    Codes: "sell by" dates from 01/02/2017 to 04/02/2017.

    Quantity: 12.5 lbs

  • F-1871-2017 Class I

    Vulto Creamery Hamden raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic

    Codes: "sell by" dates from 01/02/2017 to 04/02/2017.

    Quantity: 15.5 lbs

  • F-1872-2017 Class I

    Vulto Creamery Walton Umber raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic

    Codes: "sell by" dates from 01/02/2017 to 04/02/2017.

    Quantity: 2.75 lbs

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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 April 19, 2017.

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.