Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese sold with labeling as: Les Freres, Crave Brothers Les Freres, Les Freres Wash Rind Product of USA, Crave Bros Les Freres, Crave Brothers Les Freres Cheese…
Recalling firm: Whole Foods Market
Why it was recalled
Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese in response to a recall by the Crave Brothers Farmstead Cheese Company of Waterloo, Wisconsin. The cheese is being recalled because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and o
The exact product
Crave Brothers Les Freres cheese sold with labeling as: Les Freres, Crave Brothers Les Freres, Les Freres Wash Rind Product of USA, Crave Bros Les Freres, Crave Brothers Les Freres Cheese by Pound, Les Freres Crave Brothers, and Les Freres Crave Brothers PO-RK. Cheese was cut and wrapped.
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Original FDA code information
All best by dates for the following list of PLUs: Les Freres - PLU #299682, Crave Brothers Les Freres - PLU #299682, Les Freres Wash Rind Product of USA - PLU #294473, Crave Bros Les Freres - PLU #294473, Crave Brothers Les Freres Cheese by Pound - PLU #294473, Les Freres Crave Brothers - PLU #294473, and Les Freres Crave Brothers PO-RK - PLU #294473.
Recall details
- Recall number
- F-1834-2013
- Event ID
- 65645
- FDA status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- Jul 4, 2013
- Reported
- Aug 28, 2013
- Classified
- Aug 20, 2013
- Terminated
- Oct 7, 2014
- Quantity
- Unknown
- Location
- Austin, TX, United States
- Initiation type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Notification
Where it was distributed
Retail Stores Nationwide
Data updated September 16, 2026. View official FDA data ↗
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