Chapel Hill Creamery Recalls Semi-Ripened New Moon Cheese for Salmonella Risk
Chapel Hill Creamery is recalling Semi-Ripened New 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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which per the rubric mandates a score of 5 (Critical) regardless of other factors.
Plain-English summary
Chapel Hill Creamery LLC is recalling 3,528 wheels of Semi-Ripened New Moon cheese. The product is sold retail in .25 lb wheels and wholesale in 5-packs of .25 lb wheels. The recall is being conducted because the products may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The affected cheese was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. The recall covers specific lot numbers ranging from 160308 to 160713.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their lot numbers against the list provided by the company. If the product matches the recalled lots, consumers should stop consuming it and return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it.
The recalled product
- Product
- Semi-Ripened, New Moon, Chapel Hill Creamery, Chapel Hill, NC 27516, is sold retail by the each, .25 lb wheels, and by the 5 pack of .25 lb wheels at 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: 160713
- 160707
- 160629
- 160622
- 160616
- 160609
- 160602
- 160525
- 160519
- 160512
- 160505
- 160426
- 160419
- 160414
- 160407
- 160331
- 160322
- 160317 and 160308..
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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