Food recall

Quesos La Ricura, Ltd. recall: Quesos La Ricura Mi Ranchito Fresh Cheese with Hot Peppers

Quesos La Ricura, Ltd., of Hicksville, NY, recalled Quesos La Ricura Mi Ranchito Fresh Cheese with Hot Peppers. The FDA's reason: “May contain elevated levels of coliform.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 25, 2022, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 16, 2022. 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

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed June 16, 2023

The recall

Company
Quesos La Ricura, Ltd. (Hicksville, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“May contain elevated levels of coliform”
Where it was sold
MA, CO, LA, TX, FL, MD, NC, IO, NY, CT and NJ
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
89480

The product recalled

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

  • F-0733-2022 Class II

    Quesos La Ricura Mi Ranchito Fresh Cheese with Hot Peppers, 14. 0z.

    Codes: sell by March 20 2022-2

    Quantity: 2478 individual units

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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 16, 2022.

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.