The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-0783-2015·Announced 2015-01-21

Flat Creek Lodge Raw Milk Cheese Recalled for Salmonella Contamination

Flat Creek Farm & Dairy is recalling raw milk cheese contaminated with Salmonella. Consumers in Georgia should discard the product.

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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Flat Creek Farm & Dairy is recalling Flat Creek Lodge, Low Country Gouda, raw milk cheese. The product was found to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recalled cheese is 32.06 lbs and bears the lot code 140725XGO.

The recall is limited to the state of Georgia. The product was distributed from Flat Creek Lodge, located at 367 Bishop Chapel Church Road, Swainsboro, GA 30401.

Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Flat Creek Lodge, Low Country Gouda, raw milk cheese, Flat Creek Lodge, 367 Bishop Chapel Church Road, Swainsboro, GA 30401.

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Lot numbers (1)

  • Lot code:140725XGO

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 2 recalled by Flat Creek Farm & Dairy 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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