Lakeview Cheese Recalls Colby Monterey Cheese Due to Listeria Risk
Lakeview Cheese Co LLC is recalling specific varieties of Colby Monterey cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
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 source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Lakeview Cheese Co LLC is recalling specific varieties of Colby Monterey cheese, including Food City Colby Monterey Cheese and Banquet brand wheels, due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recall affects approximately 355,477.90 pounds of cheese across multiple varieties.
The recall was initiated after the firm was notified by its supplier that cheese supplied to Lakeview between September 1, 2016, and January 27, 2017, is subject to recall for this potential contamination. The affected products were distributed in Arizona, California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific varieties and codes listed in the official recall notice. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- Food City Colby Monterey Cheese, 12 oz. package. (Bashas' brand) Also sold as Banquet Baby Monterey WE Wheel 18/2#; Banquet Wheel Mont LH 12/3; Banquet Wheel Mont LH 12/3 Exact Weight
- Manufacturer
- Lakeview Cheese Co Llc
- 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 (6)
- All product received by Lakeview between September 1
- 2016 and January 27
- 2017. Lakeview codes: 1204 Banquet BabyMonterey RW Wheel 18/2#
- 1234 BanquetWheelMont LH 12/3
- 1236 BanquetWheelMont LH 12/3 ExactWeight
- 622213 LH Mont Jk. 4/13 # R/W - Bashas'
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 6 recalled by Lakeview Cheese Co 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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