Cottage Cheese with Pineapple Recalled for Plastic Contamination
HP Hood LLC is recalling multiple brands of cottage cheese with pineapple due to possible plastic contamination. Products with best-by dates between October 24 and December 12, 2022 were distributed across 38 states.
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: FDA Class II recall for foreign object contamination. No illnesses or injuries have been reported. Per the rubric, risk-of-harm products without reported injury are scored as High.
Plain-English summary
HP Hood LLC is recalling cottage cheese with pineapple sold under multiple brand names, including Food Club, Hannaford, Hood, Market Basket, and Penn Maid, in 16-ounce and 24-ounce containers. The recalled products may contain foreign objects (plastic).
The affected products have a best-by date between October 24, 2022 and December 12, 2022. A total of 391,824 cases were distributed across 38 states throughout the United States.
Consumers who have purchased these products should inspect them for plastic or other foreign objects before consumption. If you have any of the recalled cottage cheese, do not consume it. Discard it or return it to the point of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Food Club Cottage Cheese with Pineapple, 16 oz; Hannaford Cottage Cheese with Pineapple, 16 oz; Hood Cottage Cheese with Pineapple, 16 oz and 24 oz; Market Basket Cottage Cheese with Pineapple, 16 oz; Penn Maid Cottage Cheese with Pineapple, 16 oz;
- Manufacturer
- HP Hood LLC
- Category
- Food — Dairy / Ready-to-Eat
- Affected units
- 391,824
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 13 recalled by HP Hood 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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