Cricket Creek Farm Tobasi Cheese Recalled Due to Listeria
Cricket Creek Farm brand Tobasi cheese may contain Listeria monocytogenes. The recall affects 250.81 lbs distributed in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut between March and May 2023.
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: This is an FDA Class II recall for Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen. The source text reports no illnesses or injuries. Per the severity rubric, high-risk pathogens without reported illness score at 3 (High).
Plain-English summary
Cricket Creek Farm LLC is recalling Cricket Creek Farm brand Tobasi cheese due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall involves 250.81 lbs of product from batches #315, 341, and 048, produced on February 11, 2022, December 7, 2022, and February 17, 2023. The affected cheese was distributed between March 26, 2023 and May 23, 2023 in New York, Massachusetts, and Connecticut.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled cheese should not consume it. If you have any of the affected product, discard it or return it to the point of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cricket Creek Farm brand Tobasi cheese
- Manufacturer
- Cricket Creek Farm LLC
- Category
- Food — Cheese / Dairy
- 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 (9)
- Batch #315
- 341
- 048 Produced Feb 11
- 2022
- December 7
- February 17
- 2023 Distributed between March 26
- 2023 to May 23
- 2023
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by Cricket Creek Farm 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.
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