Consider Bardwell Farm Goat Cheese Recalled for Listeria Risk
Consider Bardwell Farm is recalling Slyboro Handmade Goat Cheese because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC is recalling 240 wheels of Slyboro Handmade Goat Cheese. The product is a 2 lb wheel containing raw goat milk, cultures, salt, and microbial rennet.
The recall was issued because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected lots are 5556, 5562, 5568, 5573, 5578, 5584, 5587, 5590, 5594, 5597, 5601, 5607, 5612, 5616, 5619, 5622, 5629, and 5635.
The cheese was distributed in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Texas, California, and Georgia. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific lot numbers and stop consuming the product if it matches the recalled description.
The recalled product
- Product
- Consider Bardwell Farm brand Slyboro Handmade Goat Cheese - Ingredients Raw Goat Milk, Cultures, Salt, Microbial Rennet - 2 lb Wheel - Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC 133 RTE. 153 W.Pawlet, Vermont 05775
- Manufacturer
- Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC
- Category
- Food — Dairy / Cheese
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 240
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (18)
- Lots: 5556
- 5562
- 5568
- 5573
- 5578
- 5584
- 5587
- 5590
- 5594
- 5597
- 5601
- 5607
- 5612
- 5616
- 5619
- 5622
- 5629
- 5635
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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