The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·F-1858-2014·Announced 2014-04-23

Parkers Farm Recalls Smokey Bacon Cheese Balls for Listeria Risk

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

What this means for you

Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4 per the rubric. Additionally, the hazard involves Listeria monocytogenes, a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Parkers Farm Inc is voluntarily recalling Smokey Bacon Cheese Balls sold in 10-ounce balls under the Parkers Farm and Parkers labels. The recall involves 369,840 total cases distributed nationwide in the United States. The product is identified by a sell-by date before March 20, 2015.

The recall is being issued because various peanut butters, cheese spreads, cold pack cheese, salsa, and cheese balls/logs have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, newborns, the elderly, and individuals with weakened immune systems.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check the sell-by date on the packaging. If the date is before March 20, 2015, the product should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase. No specific lot numbers are provided in the source text, so consumers should rely on the sell-by date and product description to identify affected items.

The recalled product

Product
Smokey Bacon Cheese Ball sold under the following sizes and brands: 1. Parkers Farm and Parkers label in 10 ounce ball (40206) in film overwrap.
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 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.

See all 40 products in this recall →