Cheese Club Mac and Cheese Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Fourth Street Barbecue is recalling Cheese Club mac and cheese products because milk powder ingredients may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Salmonella) without reported illness, which corresponds to a High severity score of 3 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Fourth Street Barbecue Inc. has initiated a voluntary recall of Cheese Club Express Mac & Cheese 4 cup dinner and Double Takes Macaroni & Cheese 2 cup dinner. The recall is due to a possible health risk associated with the powdered cheese packets included in these products.
The powdered cheese packets may be impacted by milk powder ingredients that were previously recalled by Valley Milk Products, LLC due to contamination with Salmonella. The source text does not specify the number of affected units, distribution locations, or specific lot codes for this recall.
Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using them and follow instructions from the recalling firm or the FDA regarding disposal or return.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cardboard sleeve: Cheese Club express mac Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Four 2.05 OZ Bowls; Net Wt. 8.2 OZ.; Distributed by: Aldi, Inc., Batavia, IL 60510
- Manufacturer
- Fourth Street Barbeque, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Macaroni & Cheese
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 31,080
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 (2)
- Cheese Club: Best by: 10/18/2017 10/21/2017 10/22/2017
- UPC: 41498171674
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by Fourth Street Barbeque, Inc. 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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