Cheese sold under the brand name, Sheperdista Bleating Heart
Recalling firm: Whole Foods Market
Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Historical recall record. This is not a new recall announcement. “Terminated” describes the FDA recall process; it does not certify that an individual package is safe. FDA termination date: Oct 13, 2015.
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FDA code information
PLU (product look up code) #254704; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015
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Original product description
Cheese sold under the brand name, Sheperdista Bleating Heart, Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, cultures, salt. Contains Milk: 080414. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.
Original FDA recall reason
Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Recall details
- Recall number
- F-1035-2015
- Event ID
- 70152
- FDA status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- Dec 31, 2014
- Reported
- Feb 18, 2015
- Classified
- Feb 9, 2015
- Terminated
- Oct 13, 2015
- Quantity
- Unknown
- Location
- Austin, TX, United States
- Initiation type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Notification
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Where it was distributed
CA, AZ, and HI
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