Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Recalled for Listeria monocytogenes Contamination
Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company is recalling Schuyler Gouda cheese due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed to one firm in New York State.
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 source text identifies the agency classification as Class I, which per the rubric mandates a score of 5 (Critical) regardless of other factors, as Class I recalls indicate a reasonable probability of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Plain-English summary
Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company Llc is recalling five 8-pound wheels of Schuyler Gouda cheese. The product, which is aged at least 60 days, is being recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The cheese contains raw milk, rennet, calcium chloride, cultures, and salt.
The affected product was distributed to one firm in New York State. The specific code information is currently under investigation. No specific dates or additional distribution details are provided in the source text.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the recalling firm for further instructions. The FDA has classified this recall as Class I, 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
- Finger Lakes FARMSTEAD CHEESE Mecklenburg, NY Schuyler County, SCHUYLER Gouda aged at least 60 days, Net Wt. 8 lbs wheels. FINGER LAKES FARMSTEAD CHEESE CO. 5491 BERGEN ROAD TRUMANBURG, NY 14886. Ingredients: raw milk, rennet, calcium chloride, culures, salt
- Manufacturer
- Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company Llc
- Category
- Food — Cheese
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 5
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)
- under investigation
Distribution
Distributed in 1 state:
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by Finger Lakes Farmstead Cheese Company Llc 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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