Parkers Farm Recalls Port Wine Cheese Products Due to Listeria Risk
Parkers Farm Inc is recalling Port Wine Cheese Balls and Logs 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
Parkers Farm Inc is voluntarily recalling specific varieties of Port Wine Cheese Balls and Logs. The affected products are sold under the Parkers Farm and Parkers labels in 10-ounce logs (code 40306) and balls (code 40606) packaged in film overwrap. The recall covers 369,840 total cases distributed nationwide, with no distribution outside the United States. Consumers should check for a sell-by date before March 20, 2015.
The recall is being conducted because various peanut butters, cheese spreads, cold pack cheese, salsa, and cheese balls/logs have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.
Consumers who have purchased these products should stop eating them and return them to the place of purchase for a refund or contact the manufacturer for further instructions. This recall is classified as Class I by the FDA, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the regulated product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Port Wine Cheese Ball and Logs sold under the following sizes and brands: 1. Parkers Farm and Parkers label in 10 ounce logs (40306) and balls (40606) in film overwrap.
- Manufacturer
- Parkers Farm Inc
- Category
- Food — Cheese
- 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 3/20/2015
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.
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