Hood Cottage Cheese Recalled for Possible Plastic Contamination
HP Hood is recalling Hood Cottage Cheese with Cucumber & Dill (16 oz) because the product may contain plastic foreign objects. Consumers should not eat the recalled product.
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: This recall is classified as High because it involves a Class II FDA recall where foreign object contamination poses a risk-of-harm scenario to consumers, with no illnesses or injuries currently reported in the source material.
Plain-English summary
HP Hood LLC is recalling Hood Cottage Cheese with Cucumber & Dill (16 oz containers) because the product may contain foreign objects made of plastic.
The affected products have best-by dates between October 24, 2022, and December 12, 2022. The recall affects approximately 391,824 cases distributed across Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled product should not consume it. The product should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hood Cottage Cheese with Cucumber & Dill, 16 oz
- Manufacturer
- HP Hood LLC
- Category
- Food — Dairy Products
- 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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