The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1850-2014·Announced 2014-04-23

Parkers Farm Restaurant Bar Cheese Recalled for Listeria Risk

Parkers Farm Inc is recalling Restaurant Bar Cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should check sell-by dates and discard affected products.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Listeria monocytogenes) without reported illness, which aligns with the High severity criteria in the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Parkers Farm Inc is voluntarily recalling Restaurant Bar Cheese sold in 5 lb. pails with snap-on lids under the Parkers Farm or Parkers label. The recall is issued because various peanut butters, cheese spreads, cold pack cheese, salsa, and cheese balls/logs have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

The affected product is identified by a sell-by date before September 20, 2014. A total of 369,840 cases for all varieties were distributed nationwide within the United States. No distribution outside the US occurred.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their sell-by dates. If the date is before September 20, 2014, they should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in vulnerable populations.

The recalled product

Product
Restaurant Bar Cheese sold under the following sizes and brands: Parkers Farm or Parkers label in 5 lb. (21811) pails with snap on lids.
Manufacturer
Parkers Farm Inc
Hazard
Affected units
369,840

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)

  • Sell by Date before 9/20/2014

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 40 recalled by Parkers Farm 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.

See all 40 products in this recall →