Class IITerminated · reported 2022-10-26

Turner's Peach Whole Milk Cottage Cheese 5.3oz. (150g) UPC:3573300167

Titusville Dairy Products Co. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 October 2022 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Bacterial spoilage in cottage cheese

The record

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Product: Turner's Peach Whole Milk Cottage Cheese 5.3oz. (150g) UPC:3573300167
UPC: 3573300167
Reason for recall: Bacterial spoilage in cottage cheese
Recalling firm: Titusville Dairy Products Co.
Firm location: Titusville, Pennsylvania, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0040-2023
Quantity: 3966 units
Distribution: Distributed to the recalling firm's direct consignee in PA.
Initiated: 16 September 2022
Reported by FDA: 26 October 2022
Terminated: 2 November 2022
Firm notified by: Telephone
Product codes: " 7/20/22 " 7/27/22 " 8/03/22 " 8/24/22 " 8/31/22 " 9/7/22 " 9/14/22

Reading this record

Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.

Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
This is one of 4 records covering the same recall event. The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so a recall of a product line appears here many times. Counting these records as 4 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 4. Every product code in this event is listed together on the record that covers the whole recall, which is the page a search engine is pointed to for all 4 of them.
The recall ran for 7 weeks, from 16 September 2022 to termination on 2 November 2022. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
The FDA published the enforcement report 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Cheese dominates Listeria recalls among dairy products because soft and semi-soft varieties hold enough moisture for the organism to grow at refrigeration temperature, and because most are eaten without any further cooking step.

What this recall was for

Spoilage and mould

A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.

A preventive controls plan covers spoilage under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.

21 CFR 117.93: Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
21 CFR 117.80(b)(3): Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.

Filed under cheese, milk and dairy and fresh produce. A product can sit in more than one.

Other cheese recalls for the same reason

These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2024-09-11	Item 71117.02123, Reser's American Classics Macaroni & Cheese, refrigerated product, net wt. 12oz. There are 6 packs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Product may become spoiled due to temperature abuse. The temperature abuse was the result of a malfunctioning refrigeration unit on trailer #184.	Class II
2024-09-11	Item 71117.02009, Reser's American Classics Macaroni & Cheese White Cheddar, refrigerated product, net wt. 12oz. There are 6 packs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Product may become spoiled due to temperature abuse. The temperature abuse was the result of a malfunctioning refrigeration unit on trailer #184.	Class II
2024-02-14	GRANDE SOPRAFFINA RICOTTA 1/30# SUPC/ITEM # 19536	Greco Sidari	The food was not held at an appropriate temperature. The holding temperature could affect spoilage and potentially support pathogen growth.	Class II
2024-02-14	AURICCHIO IMP SHARP PROV CHEESE 1/17# SUPC/ITEM # 197110	Greco Sidari	The food was not held at an appropriate temperature. The holding temperature could affect spoilage and potentially support pathogen growth.	Class II
2024-02-14	PRESIDENT GOAT CHEESE 3/1KG SUPC/ITEM # 6159	Greco Sidari	The food was not held at an appropriate temperature. The holding temperature could affect spoilage and potentially support pathogen growth.	Class II
2024-02-14	SOPRA RICOTTA AMALFI 4/5# SUPC/ITEM # 193650	Greco Sidari	The food was not held at an appropriate temperature. The holding temperature could affect spoilage and potentially support pathogen growth.	Class II
2024-02-14	GRANDE RICOTTA SOPRAFFINA GRANDE 1/3# SUPC/ITEM # 195351	Greco Sidari	The food was not held at an appropriate temperature. The holding temperature could affect spoilage and potentially support pathogen growth.	Class II
2024-02-14	SOPRA RICOTTA AMALFI 1/5# SUPC/ITEM # 193650P	Greco Sidari	The food was not held at an appropriate temperature. The holding temperature could affect spoilage and potentially support pathogen growth.	Class II

Other records from Titusville Dairy Products Co.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2022-10-26	Turner's Whole Milk Cottage Cheese 5.3oz. (150g) UPC:3573300166	Titusville Dairy Products Co.	Bacterial spoilage in cottage cheese	Class II
2022-10-26	Turner's Pineapple Whole Milk Cottage Cheese 5.3oz. (150g) UPC:3573300168	Titusville Dairy Products Co.	Bacterial spoilage in cottage cheese	Class II
2022-10-26	Turner's Apple Cinnamon Whole Milk Cottage Cheese 5.3oz. (150g) UPC:3573300169	Titusville Dairy Products Co.	Bacterial spoilage in cottage cheese	Class II

All 4 records for Titusville Dairy Products Co.

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