Cheese sold under the brand name recalled over Listeria risk

Recall date

December 31, 2014

Source

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

Official notice title

Whole Foods Market recalls Cheese sold under the brand name, Sheperdista Bleating Heart, Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, cultures, salt. Contains Mil…

Recall number

F-1035-2015

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Whole Foods Market

Sold / distributed

CA, AZ, and HI

Why it was recalled

Product may be contaminated with 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

Cheese sold under the brand name, Sheperdista Bleating Heart, Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, cultures, salt. Contains Milk: 080414. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.