The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1975-2017·Announced 2017-04-26

Dutch Valley Holiday Delight Box Cheese Recalled for Listeria Contamination

Dutch Valley Food Distributors is recalling Holiday Delight Boxes containing Guggisberg cheese products due to Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Dutch Valley Food Distributors is recalling 234 boxes of Holiday Delight Boxes. These boxes contain packages of Guggisberg Colby Cheese, Guggisberg Farmers Cheese, and Guggisberg Marble Cheese.

The recall was initiated after the firm was notified by its supplier that the cheese products were contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The affected products were shipped to consumers in Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

Consumers who purchased these products between September 1, 2016, and February 15, 2017, should stop using them and contact the recalling firm for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Holiday Delight Box Containing packages of Guggisberg Colby Cheese, Guggisberg Farmers Cheese & Guggisberg Marble Cheese.
Hazard
Affected units
234

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)

  • All purchased 9/1/16 2/15/17

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 12 recalled by Dutch Valley Food Distributors 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 12 products in this recall →

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