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SevereFDA (Food)·F-0947-2015·Announced 2015-02-11

Bleating Heart Cheese Recalled Due to Listeria Monocytogenes Contamination

Bleating Heart Cheese LLC is recalling Fat Bottom Girl Curvacious Sheep Milk Cheese because FDA samples detected Listeria Monocytogenes.

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. Additionally, Listeria Monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Bleating Heart Cheese LLC is voluntarily recalling approximately 5,702 pounds of Fat Bottom Girl Curvacious Sheep Milk Cheese. The recall was initiated after FDA samples found the presence of Listeria Monocytogenes in three varieties of cheese. The affected product is a raw sheep milk cheese aged two months or more, handcrafted in California.

The recall covers all product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). The product was distributed in California, Nevada, Washington, Arizona, Louisiana, and Pennsylvania.

Consumers who have purchased this product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria Monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

The recalled product

Product
Bleating Heart Cheese, Fat Bottom Girl Curvacious Sheep Milk Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.
Hazard

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 (3)

  • All product produced between February 14
  • 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19
  • 2014 (coded 14-0919).

Distribution

Distributed in 6 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 10 recalled by Bleating Heart Cheese 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.

See all 10 products in this recall →