Food recall

Abbey Specialty Foods recall: Wicklow Gold Cheddar Nettle & Chive Cheese

Abbey Specialty Foods, of Fairfield, NJ, recalled Wicklow Gold Cheddar Nettle & Chive Cheese and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Product may have Listeria Monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 18, 2024, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 22, 2025. 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 20, 2025

The recall

Company
Abbey Specialty Foods (Fairfield, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may have Listeria Monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
The recalled product was distributed to the following states: MA, CO, OH
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
96077

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0425-2025 Class I

    Wicklow Gold Cheddar Nettle & Chive Cheese, 5.2 oz., plastic cryo-vac , 8 packages per case

    Codes: Wicklow Gold Cheddar Nettle & Chive /Batch 24192/ Item # 28472/sell by date 6/2/25.

    Quantity: 133 cases

  • F-0426-2025 Class I

    Wicklow Gold Cheddar Tomato & Herb, 5.2 oz., plastic cryo-vac , 8 packages per case

    Codes: Wicklow Gold Cheddar Tomato & Herb/Batch 24175/ Item 28473/Sell by 6/2/25

    Quantity: 100 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 January 22, 2025.

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.