Chapel Hill Creamery Recalls Dairyland Farmers Cheese Due to Salmonella Risk
Chapel Hill Creamery is recalling specific lots of Dairyland Farmers cheese because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. The products were distributed in five southeastern states.
What this means for you
Highest-severity recall. Risk of serious injury or death is documented or strongly suspected. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text identifies the agency classification as FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Chapel Hill Creamery LLC is recalling approximately 6,337 wheels of Dairyland Farmers cheese, typically weighing 0.5 pounds each. The recall includes both retail and wholesale sales, as well as smoked varieties of the cheese. The products were manufactured in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The recall was initiated because the cheese may be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected products were distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Specific lot numbers are listed in the official recall notice, including 160728, 160713, and 160707, among others.
Consumers who have purchased these specific lots of cheese should stop using them and check the packaging for the listed lot numbers. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, 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
- Dairyland Farmers cheese, typical wheel is .5 lb, Chapel Hill Creamery, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, sold by weight both retail and wholesale The mozzarella and farmers cheese are also sold smoked, by weight, both retail and wholesale.
- 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 (18)
- Lot numbers: 160728
- 160713
- 160707
- 160629
- 160622
- 160616
- 160609
- 160602
- 160525
- 160519
- 160512
- 160505
- 160426
- 160419
- 160614
- 160407
- 160331
- 160322 and 160317.
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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