Consider Bardwell Farm Cow Cheese Recalled for Listeria Risk
Consider Bardwell Farm is recalling Experience Handmade Cow Cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed in six states.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 5 per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC is recalling 125 squares of Experience Handmade Cow Cheese. The product is a 0.75 lb square cheese made with pasteurized cow milk, cultures, and sea salt. The recall is being issued because the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product is identified by Lot 5582. It was distributed in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Texas, California, and Georgia.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Consider Bardwell Farm brand Experience Handmade Cow Cheese - Ingredients Pasteurized Cow Milk, Cultures, Sea Salt - 0.75 lb Square - Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC 133 RTE. 153 W.Pawlet, Vermont 05775
- Manufacturer
- Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC
- Category
- Food — Cheese
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 125
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 (1)
- Lot: 5582
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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