Chapel Hill Creamery Recalls Hot Farmers Cheese Due to Salmonella Risk
Chapel Hill Creamery is recalling Hot Farmers cheese because it may be contaminated with Salmonella. The product was sold in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.
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 FDA has classified this recall as Class I, which meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Chapel Hill Creamery LLC is recalling Hot Farmers cheese due to a potential Salmonella contamination. The cheese is sold in whole wheels (about 0.5 lb) or in cut wheels (small pieces) at retail locations only.
The affected product was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Specific lot numbers involved in the recall include 160728, 160713, 160707, 160629, 160622, 160616, 160609, 160602, 160525, 160519, 160512, 160505, 160426, 160419, 160614, 160407, 160331, 160322, and 160317.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their lot numbers against the list provided and stop consuming the cheese if it matches. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hot Farmers cheese, Chapel Hill Creamery, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, is sold in whole wheels (about .5 lb) or in cut wheels (small pieces) at retail only.
- 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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