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
- 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.