The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0635-2017·Announced 2016-12-14

E S Foods Recalls Cheese and Beef Stick Meals for Listeria Risk

E S Foods is recalling Cheese Stick w/Beef Stick Meal Break products due to a potential for Listeria monocytogenes contamination verified by a raw material supplier.

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 FDA classified this recall as Class I, which meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score.

Plain-English summary

E S Foods is voluntarily recalling 7,275 cases of Cheese Stick w/Beef Stick Meal Break, Item #61406. The recall is being conducted because a potential for Listeria monocytogenes contamination was verified by the sunflower kernel raw material supplier.

The affected products were distributed to foodservice distributors, food banks, and school meal programs in California, Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. The recall covers specific lot numbers and best used by dates ranging from May 2016 to December 2016.

Consumers and distributors should stop using the recalled products and contact E S Foods for further instructions. The FDA has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

The recalled product

Product
Cheese Stick w/Beef Stick Meal Break, Item #61406
Manufacturer
E S Foods
Category
Food — Prepared Meals
Hazard
Affected units
7,275

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 (20)

  • Lot #'s: 1) 5310
  • 2) 5337
  • 3) 6005
  • 4) 6007
  • 5) 6025
  • 6) 6035
  • 7) 6036
  • 8) 6052
  • 9) 6053
  • 10) 6055
  • 11) 6061
  • 12) 6069
  • 13) 6078
  • 14) 6111
  • 15) 6117
  • 16) 6118
  • 17) 6124
  • 18) 6129
  • 19) 6131
  • 20) 6133

Distribution

Distributed in 9 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 20 recalled by E S Foods 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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