Food recall

Tillamook County Creamery Association recall: Tillamook Colby Jack/Monterey Jack Cheese Slices

Tillamook County Creamery Association, of Tillamook, OR, recalled Tillamook Colby Jack/Monterey Jack Cheese Slices. The FDA's reason: “Plastic material. The piece of plastic material was detected in a 40lb. cheese block and smaller fragments of the plastic material may be found in the cheese slices.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 30, 2024, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 3, 2024. 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed June 25, 2024

The recall

Company
Tillamook County Creamery Association (Tillamook, OR)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Plastic material. The piece of plastic material was detected in a 40lb. cheese block and smaller fragments of the plastic material may be found in the cheese slices.”
Where it was sold
Distributed in WA and UT.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
94743

The product recalled

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

  • F-1421-2024 Class II

    Tillamook Colby Jack/Monterey Jack Cheese Slices, item # 651195, net wt. 32oz, total 42 slices per package, refrigerated, packaged in flexible plastic film, retail package UPC 0 72830 00721 4. Case Item #82721, 12/2lb (32oz) packages per case. Case UPC 0 00 72830 82721 8. Tillamook County Creamery Association, Tillamook, OR.

    Codes: Best If Used By OCT 22 2024

    Quantity: 1149 cases

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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 July 3, 2024.

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.