Pepper Jack Cheese packaged as: Troyer Pepper Jack EW Halfmoon 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 Pepper Jack Cheese packaged as: (a) Troyer Pepper Jack EW Halfmoon, Item 10840, 8 oz, UPC 49646936106 (b) Troyer Pepper…

Recall number

F-1710-2017

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 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

Pepper Jack Cheese packaged as: (a) Troyer Pepper Jack EW Halfmoon, Item 10840, 8 oz, UPC 49646936106 (b) Troyer Pepper Jack EW Full Moon, Item 10841, 8 oz, UPC 49646936069