FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-0797-2013

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

Tumulo Farms, Pondhopper Cheese; any cut or partial wheels, wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked with magic marker and a Tomales Bay Foods sticker applied. Product is cut and packaged by Tomales Bay Foods, Petaluma, CA

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
Pack Dated of 6/28 and after
Quantity
101.1 pounds

Why it was recalled

State of CA Department of Agriculture sampled finished product and found Listeria monocytogenes in Pondhopper cheese. .

Recalling firm

Firm
Tomales Bay Foods, Inc.
Notification channel
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
105 H Street, N/A, Petaluma, California 94952-5125

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Part One: CA, VA, VT, WI, OR, UT and Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Holland, Greece. Part Two: Dates of Distribution: 6/2512 - 7/27/12 Pattern: CA, NC, FL

Timeline

Recall initiated
2012-07-28
FDA classified
2012-12-04
Posted by FDA
2012-12-12
Terminated
2012-12-06
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0797-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.

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