Food recall

Laubscher Cheese Company, Ltd. recall: Laubscher Cheese Co.

Laubscher Cheese Company, Ltd., of Mercer, PA, recalled Laubscher Cheese Co.. The FDA's reason: “Laubscher Cheese Company, LTD , has initiated a recall of Shredded Cheese, because samples of the shredded cheese were found positive for Listeria Monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 29, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 12, 2020. 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 June 27, 2022

The recall

Company
Laubscher Cheese Company, Ltd. (Mercer, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Laubscher Cheese Company, LTD , has initiated a recall of Shredded Cheese, because samples of the shredded cheese were found positive for Listeria Monocytogenes”
Where it was sold
All product shipped with in the United States
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
84386

The product recalled

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

  • F-0601-2020 Class I

    Laubscher Cheese Co.; Shredded Cheese; Net Wt. 5 LBS. and 2 LBS.,Cryovac sealed plastic bags, Distributed By: Laubscher Cheese Co. Mercer, PA 16137

    Codes: October 9 2019 - November 25 2019 - Pack Date

    Quantity: 1,617,420 lbs of Shredded Cheese

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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 February 12, 2020.

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.