Sprout Creek Farm Recalls Margie Cheese Contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
Sprout Creek Farm, Inc. is recalling Margie Cheese wheels contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects one-pound wheels sold in New York.
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 severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Sprout Creek Farm, Inc. is recalling 132 one-pound wheels of Margie Cheese. The product is packaged with a green round label and wrapped in white milk paper. The recall is due to contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected cheese can be identified by the lot number make date of 10-9-18 and best by date of 12-9-18. The product was distributed in New York.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the recalling firm for instructions on disposal or return.
The recalled product
- Product
- Margie Cheese. It is packaged with a green round label, wrapped in white milk paper in one-pound wheels.
- Manufacturer
- Sprout Creek Farm, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Cheese
- Hazard
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
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