Class IF-1834-2013

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

Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese sold with labeling as: Les Freres, Crave Brothers Les Freres, Les Freres Wash Rind Product of USA, Crave Bros Les Freres, Crave Brothers Les Freres Cheese by Pound, Les Freres Crave Brothers, and Les Freres Crave Brothers PO-RK. Cheese was cut and wrapped.

Type: Food
Affected lot / code info: All best by dates for the following list of PLUs: Les Freres - PLU #299682, Crave Brothers Les Freres - PLU #299682, Les Freres Wash Rind Product of USA - PLU #294473, Crave Bros Les Freres - PLU #294473, Crave Brothers Les Freres Cheese by Pound - PLU #294473, Les Freres Crave Brothers - PLU #294473, and Les Freres Crave Brothers PO-RK - PLU #294473.
Quantity: Unknown

Why it was recalled

Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese in response to a recall by the Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Company of Waterloo, Wisconsin. The cheese is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and o

Recalling firm

Firm: Whole Foods Market
Notification channel: E-Mail
Type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address: 550 Bowie St, N/A, Austin, Texas 78703-4648

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Retail Stores Nationwide

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2013-07-04
FDA classified: 2013-08-20
Posted by FDA: 2013-08-28
Terminated: 2014-10-07
Status: Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1834-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.