Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1002-2016
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
Whole Foods Market Maytag Blue Cheese, Maytag Blue Raw Milk, Maytag Iowa Blue Cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic wrap, Dist. by Whole Foods Market 550 Bowie Street Austin, TX 78703, PLU: 0293308
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- PLU numbers beginning with 293308 with sell by dates of 1/20/2016 through 3/21/2016.
- Quantity
- 1156 pounds
Why it was recalled
Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Whole Foods Market
- Notification channel
- Press Release
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 550 Bowie St, N/A, Austin, Texas 78703-4648
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2016-02-29
- FDA classified
- 2016-04-07
- Posted by FDA
- 2016-04-13
- Terminated
- 2016-08-15
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1002-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.