Sargento Recalls Frozen Unbreaded Cheese Products for Listeria and Salmonella Risk
Sargento Foods is recalling specific frozen unbreaded cheese products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella.
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 high-risk pathogens (Listeria and Salmonella) without reported illness, which corresponds to a High severity score per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Sargento Foods, Inc. is recalling Frozen Unbreaded French Onion CC, Frozen Unbreaded Egg 3 cheese and caramelized Onion, and Frozen Unbreaded Egg, Gouda, caramelized onion. The recall is being conducted due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes or Salmonella contamination in these products.
The affected products are identified by Batch # A26265 and were distributed in Arkansas, Illinois, and Washington. The source text does not specify the exact number of units recalled or the specific dates of distribution.
Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using them and follow the instructions provided by the recalling firm or the FDA regarding disposal or return.
The recalled product
- Product
- Frozen Unbreaded French onion / Swiss and Onion CC. Sample Number 17-0160.01. Keep Frozen at 0-degrees or below zero. "Food for Research or Evaluation Use". Sargento Technical Center, Elkhart Lake, WI 53020
- Manufacturer
- Sargento Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Frozen Cheese
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 16
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 (1)
- Batch # A26265
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Sargento Foods, Inc. 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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