Food recall

Clover Hill Dairy recall: Clover Hill Dairy, Soft Ricotta

Clover Hill Dairy, of Mechanicsville, MD, recalled Clover Hill Dairy, Soft Ricotta. The FDA's reason: “The firm had a deviation from the Standard of Procedure in the manufacture of Clover Hill Dairy, Soft Ricotta. The facility was temporarily storing whey in a raw milk silo, without cleaning and...” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 20, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 13, 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 III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed January 5, 2018

The recall

Company
Clover Hill Dairy (Mechanicsville, MD)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The firm had a deviation from the Standard of Procedure in the manufacture of Clover Hill Dairy, Soft Ricotta. The facility was temporarily storing whey in a raw milk silo, without cleaning and sanitizing the silo after raw milk use. The firm recalled the Clover Hill Dairy, Soft Ricotta.”
Where it was sold
One distributer located in Virginia as well as their dairy store in Maryland .
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
78629

The product recalled

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

  • F-0454-2018 Class III

    Clover Hill Dairy, Soft Ricotta

    Codes: Lot Numbers: B11 1317 C11 1317 B11 1517 C11 1517

    Quantity: 106, 18 lb buckets and 36, 40 lb buckets were made and distributed

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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 December 13, 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.