Hot Pepper Cheese packaged as: AMISH CLASSICS Hot Pepper RW Square recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

February 4, 2017

Source

U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) — enforcement report

Official notice title

MDS Foods Inc recalls Hot Pepper Cheese packaged as: (a) AMISH CLASSICS Hot Pepper RW Square, Item 26244, 12 lbs, UPC 858653262442 (b) Deli M…

Recall number

F-1697-2017

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

MDS Foods Inc

Sold / distributed

FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT

Why it was recalled

Potential cross contamination from a sample of product collected by the State Department of Agriculture which tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

Hot Pepper Cheese packaged as: (a) AMISH CLASSICS Hot Pepper RW Square, Item 26244, 12 lbs, UPC 858653262442 (b) Deli Made EZ Hot Pepper St Pk .5oz, Item 26555, 1.5 lbs, UPC 828653265559 (c) Deli Readi Hot Pepper St Pk 1oz Slice, Item 26831, 2 lbs, UPC 634660628788 (d) LIPARI Old Tyme Hot Pepper Cheese Food EW Square, Item 26703, 8 oz, UPC 94776102280