Recalls / Class II
Class IIF-0407-2014
Product
Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella String Cheese With Jalapeno Peppers, sold under Kraft brand and packaged with 24 pieces of mozzarella cheese with jalapeno peppers individually wrapped in plastic and sold in a cardstock display box bag with a net weight of 24 oz. (1 lb. 8 oz.) (283g).
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- All product with the "Best When Used By" dates between 25 OCT 2013 - 11 FEB 2014.
- Quantity
- 12,395 cases
Why it was recalled
Some varieties of Kraft and Polly-O String Cheese and String Cheese Twist products may spoil before their "Best When Used By" code dates, leading to product discoloration. The affected products all have code dates from October 25, 2013 through February 11, 2014.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Kraft Foods Group
- Notification channel
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 3 Lakes Dr, N/A, Northfield, Illinois 60093-2753
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- US: Nationwide (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WV, WY) + Guam + Puerto Rico
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2013-10-25
- FDA classified
- 2013-11-27
- Posted by FDA
- 2013-12-04
- Terminated
- 2015-10-29
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0407-2014. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.