Food recall

Productos La Hacienda LLC recall: Queso Rico La Hacienda brand queso fresco cheese packaged in 9 oz

Productos La Hacienda LLC, of Edinburg, TX, recalled Queso Rico La Hacienda brand queso fresco cheese packaged in 9 oz. The FDA's reason: “Queso fresco was found to contain Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 3, 2024, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 17, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed February 25, 2026

The recall

Company
Productos La Hacienda LLC (Edinburg, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Queso fresco was found to contain Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
The product in question was distributed to 80 retail stores located in three Texas counties in the Rio Grande Valley, Cameron County, Hidalgo County, and Starr County.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
94752

The product recalled

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

  • F-1466-2024 Class I

    Queso Rico La Hacienda brand queso fresco cheese packaged in 9 oz, 1 pound, and 2 pound plastic packages. Product labeling reads in part "***QUESO RICO LA HACIENDA***EL QUESO FRESCO FRESCO DE VERACRUZ***Lic. Permit #483709 El Queso Rico "LA HACIENDA"***5617 E. Trenton Rd., Suite B, Edinburg, TX 78539***tel. (956) 884-0021***(956) 451-1537***Keep Refrigerated***Made With 100% Pasteurized Milk***AL NATURAL***9 OZ. CONT. NET.***6/2/24***".

    Codes: L. mono positive sample contained an expiration date of 6/2/24 on sticker. The firm has begun removing all of the queso fresco products with all dates and sizes (9 oz., 1 pound, 2 pounds) from their customers' shelves.

    Quantity: 640 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 July 17, 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.