Springside Cheese Recalls Color Cheddar Curds Due to Giardia Contamination Risk
Springside Cheese Corp is voluntarily recalling Color Cheddar Cheese Curds produced between August 21 and September 1, 2012, due to potential Giardia contamination from an employee illness.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Giardia) with a potential for contamination, but the source text does not report any illnesses or injuries, fitting the criteria for a High severity score.
Plain-English summary
Springside Cheese Corp is voluntarily recalling Color Cheddar Cheese Curds produced between August 21, 2012, and September 1, 2012. The recall was initiated because the cheese has the potential to be contaminated with Giardia, a parasite, resulting from an employee illness.
The affected product includes 41,616.53 lbs of cheese distributed in Wisconsin and Colorado. Specific product codes associated with the recall include 8.21.1 through 9.1.3.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their inventory for the specific production dates and codes listed. If the product is found, consumers should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Color Cheddar Cheese Curds: Springside Cheese, Color Curd, 55-0172, V1, August 27, 2012,
- Manufacturer
- Springside Cheese Corp
- Category
- Food — Cheese
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 24 recalled by Springside Cheese Corp 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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