The Cultured Kitchen Recalls Smoked Cheddar Cashew Cheese for Salmonella Risk
The Cultured Kitchen is recalling Smoked Cheddar Cashew Cheese due to potential Salmonella contamination. Affected products have expiry dates up to and including April 19, 2014.
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 recall is classified as FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
The Cultured Kitchen is recalling Smoked Cheddar Cashew Cheese, 8 oz. plastic containers, due to the potential for Salmonella contamination. The recall includes products with expiry dates up to and including April 19, 2014.
The product was distributed in Northern California and Reno, Nevada. The recall is classified as Class I by the FDA.
Consumers with this product should stop using it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- The Cultured Kitchen Smoked Cheddar Cashew Cheese; Processed raw at low temperatures to preserve minerals, enzymes and nutrients. Wheat, dairy, soy and gluten free. This product contains live active cultures Keep Refrigerated 8 oz., (226.8 grams) Plastic container UPC…
- Manufacturer
- The Cultured Kitchen
- Category
- Food — Dairy Alternatives
- 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 (1)
- All expiry dates up to and including 4/19/2014.
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 6 recalled by The Cultured Kitchen 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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