Chapel Hill Creamery Recalls Carolina Moon Cheese for Salmonella Risk
Chapel Hill Creamery is recalling Carolina Moon cheese wheels due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product was distributed in five southeastern states.
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
Chapel Hill Creamery LLC is recalling approximately 5,946 wheels of Carolina Moon cheese. The product is a typical wheel weighing about 0.55 pounds and was sold by weight. The recall is being conducted because the cheese may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The affected product was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Consumers should check their pantries for Carolina Moon cheese with the following lot numbers: 160607, 160531, 160524, 160517, 160510, 160503, 160428, 160421, 160411, 160404, 160328, 160323, 160314, 160307, 160229, 160222, and 160208.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop consuming it and contact the manufacturer or their retailer for a refund or replacement. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Carolina Moon, typical wheel is about .55 lb, Chapel Hill Creamery, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, sold by weight.
- Manufacturer
- Chapel Hill CreameryLLC
- Category
- Food — Cheese
- 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 (16)
- Lot numbers: 160607
- 160531
- 160524
- 160517
- 160510
- 160503
- 160428
- 160421
- 160411
- 160404
- 160328
- 160323
- 160314
- 160307
- 160229
- 160222 and 160208.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 13 recalled by Chapel Hill CreameryLLC 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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