Roos Foods Recalls Fresh Cheese Products Due to Listeria Monocytogenes Findings
Roos Foods, Inc. is recalling Santa Rosa de Lima fresh cheese products after samples tested positive for Listeria monocytogenes. The recall covers all brands, lots, and sizes from the facility.
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 meets the rubric criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Roos Foods, Inc. is recalling Santa Rosa de Lima Queso de Huerta (Fresh Cheese) and other fresh cheese products manufactured or repackaged at their facility in Kenton, Delaware. The recall was initiated after samples of Santa Rosa De Lima Cuajada en Terron (fresh curd cheese) were found positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall includes all brands, lots, date codes, and container sizes of the cheese products from the facility. The specific product identified in the metadata is 12 oz. packaged in a rigid plastic container, with UPC code 095548003859. The total quantity involved is 122,587 lbs.
Products were distributed through retail stores in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Consumers should check their pantries for these products and discard them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Santa Rosa de Lima Queso de Huerta (Fresh Cheese), 12 oz. packaged in a rigid plastic container (Clamshell), Manufacturado y Distribuido por (manufactured and distributed for) Roos Foods, Inc., Kenton, DE 19955, Plant No. 10-5436, UPC code 095548003859. (Ingredients: Pasteurized…
- Manufacturer
- Roos Foods Inc
- Category
- Food — Dairy / 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 (2)
- all lots and expiration dates
- UPC code 095548003859
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 18 recalled by Roos Foods 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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