Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1890-2017
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
White Colby cheese. All affected product private labeled for other companies. Brands: Walnut Creek Product packaged as: 15lb long horns (6 diameter x 13 long cylinder) 2 per case; Products package in clear plastic bags. Bags sealed by vacuum sealing and shrink wrapping.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- All lots in market manufactured from 9/1/2016 to 1/27/2017 and distributed from 9/1/2016 to 2/7/2017. Lot numbers are printed on bag and case label. Lot# is the manufacturing date plus vat number (example: manufacturing date, 12/2/16; vat 7 = lot# 12/2/16 V7) Item #'s: L0352-64
- Quantity
- 4,121,370.18 lbs (total cheese/cheese products)
Why it was recalled
Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Deutsch Kase Haus, LLC
- Notification channel
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 11275 W 250 N, N/A, Middlebury, Indiana 46540-7708
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- IL, OH, WI, NV, AL, AZ, PA, TN, MI, MN, and IN
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2017-02-05
- FDA classified
- 2017-04-24
- Posted by FDA
- 2017-05-03
- Terminated
- 2017-10-05
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1890-2017. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.