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.
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 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.
- Manufacturer
- Dutch Valley Food Distributors
- Category
- Food — 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.
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