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.