Recalls / Class I
Class IH-0528-2025
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
1) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op 100% Grass-Fed Pepper Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, 5 lb. loaves, and 40 lb. loaves, packaged in plastic with lot code 251661 2) Copia Collective 100% Grass-Fed Pepper Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, packaged in plastic with lot code 251661
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot Code: 251661 JUL 16 2025 VAT A (on 40 lb. blocks)
- Quantity
- 1) 216.5 lbs. 2) 30 lbs. (246.5 lbs. TOTAL)
Why it was recalled
Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative
- Notification channel
- Telephone
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 16942 Kinsman Rd, Middlefield, Ohio 44062-9484
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- KY, OH, PA
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2025-07-21
- FDA classified
- 2025-08-25
- Posted by FDA
- 2025-09-03
- Terminated
- 2026-04-03
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record H-0528-2025. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.