The Recall Desk
CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1141-2017·Announced 2017-01-11

Chapel Hill Creamery Recalls Smoked Farmers Cheese Due to Salmonella Risk

Chapel Hill Creamery is recalling Smoked Farmers Cheese due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

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 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 Smoked Farmers Cheese because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall involves specific lot numbers manufactured by the company in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

The affected cheese was distributed in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia. Consumers should check their pantries for Smoked Farmers Cheese with the following lot numbers: 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 stop eating it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified 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
Smoked Farmers Cheese, Chapel Hill Creamery, Chapel Hill, NC 27516.

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

Distributed in 5 states:

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.

See all 13 products in this recall →