The Recall Desk
SevereFDA (Food)·H-0626-2025·Announced 2025-10-01

Middlefield Organic Gouda Cheese Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination

Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative is recalling Organic Gouda Cheese (8 oz. packages) for potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Products with sell-by date 2/13/2026 were distributed in OH, PA, WI, and TX.

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: This product is classified as FDA Class I, which requires a minimum severity score of 4 per recall guidelines. Although the contamination is potential rather than confirmed and no illnesses have been reported, Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen.

Plain-English summary

Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative is recalling Organic Gouda Cheese in 8 oz. packages due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall encompasses 364.125 cases (approximately 7,455 pounds) of this product. The affected items carry a sell-by date of February 13, 2026.

The recalled cheese was distributed in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Texas. Each case contains 12 individually plastic-wrapped 8-ounce packages of organic Gouda cheese from Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative.

Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative initiated this recall due to the potential for Listeria monocytogenes contamination of the product.

The recalled product

Product
Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op Organic Gouda Cheese, 8 oz., packaged individually in plastic, packed 12 per case
Manufacturer
Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative
Hazard
  • listeria

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: 2/13/2026

Distribution

Distributed in 4 states:

  • OH
  • PA
  • TX
  • WI