Keswick Creamery Recalls Bovre Cheese for Potential Listeria Contamination
Keswick Creamery is recalling Bovre cheese in multiple flavors due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The product was distributed to farm stores and farmers markets in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
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 FDA classified this recall as Class I, which warrants a Critical severity score per the rubric. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen capable of causing serious infections.
Plain-English summary
Keswick Creamery at Carrock Farms LLC is recalling Bovre cheese in multiple flavors due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected products include plain, oregano and garlic, herbes de Provence, and cranberry and honey varieties sold in 8-ounce clear deli containers.
The recalled batches were manufactured on July 4, July 11, July 18, and August 1, with expiration dates of July 25, August 1, August 8, and August 22, 2022. A total of 90 pounds was distributed to farm stores and farmers markets in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious and potentially fatal infections. Individuals who purchased the affected product should not consume it and should contact the FDA or the recalling manufacturer for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Bovre, multiple flavors: plain; oregano and garlic; herbes de Provence; cranberry and honey. 8oz clear deli container, expiration dates 7/25/22, 8/1/22, 8/8/22, 8/22/22
- Manufacturer
- Keswick Creamery at Carrock Farms 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 (4)
- Batches 7/4
- 7/11
- 7/18
- and 8/1
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 10 recalled by Keswick Creamery at Carrock Farms 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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