FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-0798-2013

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

Shepherd's Way Big Woods Blue cut 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 Dates of 6/28 and after; Make date of 7/19/11 to 7/27/11
Quantity
31.9 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-0798-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.