FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-1893-2017

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

Pepper Colby-Jack (or: Pepper Marble Jack; Lightning Jack; Thunder Jack; Firecracker; Jalapeno Jack; Jumping Jack) cheese. All affected product private labeled for other companies. Brands: Guggisberg; Dutch Farms; Amish Classics; Lipari Old Tyme; Walnut Creek; Product packaged as: 6lb deli horns (4 diameter x 13 long cylinder) 2 per case; 1lb Cut and Wrap ( 4 or 6 diameter x 1 thick pucks) 10 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: D0602-83; D0602-71; D0602-70; D0602-65; D0602-64; W0605
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
E-Mail
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-1893-2017. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.