Recalls / Class I
Class IF-0078-2016
Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Product
Authentic Braided String Cheese Jumbo Braided String Cheese Braided Whole Milk String Cheese Braided String Cheese Original Oaxaca 8oz, 13oz., 8lb. Product is vacuum packed, plastic containers, or packed on styrofoam trays wrapped in plastic.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Use by Dates up to: 3/16/2016
- Quantity
- 1.6 million lbs. (total all cheese)
Why it was recalled
Karoun Dairies is recalling all cheese manufactured from an identified manufacturer due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Karoun Dairies
- Notification channel
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 13023 Arroyo St, N/A, San Fernando, California 91340-1540
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- U.S. distribution nationwide. Foreign distribution to the following; Canada and Malaysia
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2015-09-16
- FDA classified
- 2015-10-21
- Posted by FDA
- 2015-10-28
- Terminated
- 2016-04-12
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0078-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.