Food recall

Whole Foods Market recall: Explorateur French Triple Crme cheese (under the names Explorateur, Explorateur French Triple Crme Cheese and...

Whole Foods Market, of Austin, TX, recalled Explorateur French Triple Crme cheese (under the names Explorateur, Explorateur French Triple Crme Cheese and.... The FDA's reason: “The cheese has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 9, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 23, 2018. 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 July 6, 2018

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The cheese has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
United States distribution to the following states: CT, NJ, IL, NM, TX, AR
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
79790

The product recalled

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

  • F-1457-2018 Class I

    Explorateur French Triple Crme cheese (under the names Explorateur, Explorateur French Triple Crme Cheese and Explorateur Triple Crme French Cheese) which were both cut and packaged in clear plastic wrap, as well as sold in branded 8 oz. packages

    Codes: 8 ounce packages include the codes: UPC codes 339001000408 and lot codes H10, H010, H11 or H011. The sliced packages include the codes: PLU code 0294317, 203971, 293693 Sell by dates of 02/15/2018-04/03/2018

    Quantity: 26 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 May 23, 2018.

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.