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Class II · Moderate risk Terminated Initiated Oct 10, 2016 (10 years ago)

Hot Pepper Cheese recall

Recalled by Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. · Lakeview, MI, United States

Class II — Moderate risk. May cause temporary or reversible harm; serious harm unlikely.

Why it was recalled

Farm Country Cheese House is conducting a voluntary recall of multiple vats of cheese due to inadequate pasteurization.

These are failures of the safety steps that keep food safe - cooking, pasteurising, keeping cold, sealing - even when no contaminant has yet been found. All processing & sanitation problems recalls.

What was recalled

Hot Pepper Cheese, forty-five 40 lb. blocks

Quantity: 1878.76

Food: Cheese Spices & seasonings

Lot codes, dates and UPCs

A recall covers only these codes. Compare them with the lot number, best-by date or UPC printed on your package.

Made on 09/28/2016, Vat A

Where it was sold

Michigan

FDA's distribution note: Domestic: MI

Check the codes, then return or discard. Class II means eating it may cause temporary or reversible health problems. If your package matches the recalled codes, do not eat it - return it to the store or throw it away. FDA lists this recall as terminated: the company has finished removing the product, so it should no longer be on shelves - but it can still be in a freezer or pantry.

Recalling firm
Farm Country Cheese House, Inc.
Initiated by
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall initiated
Oct 10, 2016
In FDA report of
Nov 23, 2016
Terminated
May 2, 2017
FDA recall number
F-0431-2017 · event 75427
Official record
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Also recalled with it (4 more products)

FDA files each product of one recall action separately; these share the same FDA event.

Class I · High risk Terminated Listeria

White Cheddar Cheese

Reason Farm Country Cheese House is conducting a voluntary recall of multiple vats of cheese due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. MI F-0428-2017
Class II · Moderate risk Terminated Processing

Monterey Jack Cheese

Reason Farm Country Cheese House is conducting a voluntary recall of multiple vats of cheese due to inadequate pasteurization.

Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. MI F-0429-2017
Class II · Moderate risk Terminated Processing

White Cheddar thirty-nine

Reason Farm Country Cheese House is conducting a voluntary recall of multiple vats of cheese due to inadequate pasteurization.

Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. MI F-0430-2017
Class II · Moderate risk Terminated Processing

Marble Cheese thirty-three

Reason Farm Country Cheese House is conducting a voluntary recall of multiple vats of cheese due to inadequate pasteurization.

Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. MI F-0432-2017

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Raw Milk Cheddar Cheese

Reason Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

Farm Country Cheese House, Inc. MI F-0938-2015

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