Lipari Foods Recalls Copperwood Pepper Jack Mini Horn Cheese
Lipari Foods is recalling Copperwood Pepper Jack Mini Horn cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination from a supplier.
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 metadata explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which corresponds to a Critical severity score under the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Lipari Foods, Inc. is recalling Copperwood Pepper Jack Mini Horn, 4/6# cheese. The recall is being conducted because a supplier recalled cheese due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product is identified by Product Number 359880 and has sell-by dates ranging from May 28, 2017, to October 24, 2017. The recall involves 59 units of the product.
The product was distributed domestically in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Michigan, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Wisconsin, and West Virginia. No foreign or VA/DOD distribution is reported. Consumers should check their pantries for this specific product and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Copperwood Pepper Jack Mini Horn, 4/6#
- Manufacturer
- Lipari Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Cheese
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 59
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)
- Product Number: 359880
- Sell By Date: 5/28/17 thru 10/24/17
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 14 recalled by Lipari 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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