Whole Foods Recalls Vulto Creamery Raw Milk Cheese for Listeria Risk
Whole Foods Market is recalling Vulto Creamery Walton Umber raw milk cheese due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. 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 minimum severity score of 4 per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is recalling Vulto Creamery Walton Umber raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic. The recall is issued because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected product is 2.75 lbs of raw milk cheese with "sell by" dates ranging from 01/02/2017 to 04/02/2017. The cheese was distributed in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey, and New York.
Consumers who purchased this product should check their refrigerators for the specific brand, weight, and sell-by dates listed above. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the store of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Vulto Creamery Walton Umber raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- 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 (1)
- "sell by" dates from 01/02/2017 to 04/02/2017.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 5 recalled by Whole Foods Market 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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