CHEESE VELVEETA LOAF; CHEESE CHEDDAR SLICE MILD; CHEESE STICK MOZZ BATTERED; CHEESE…
Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 December 2023 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused.
The record
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- Product
- CHEESE VELVEETA LOAF; CHEESE CHEDDAR SLICE MILD; CHEESE STICK MOZZ BATTERED; CHEESE CHEDDAR SLICE MILD
- Reason for recall
- A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused.
- Recalling firm
- Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth
- Firm location
- Fort Worth, Texas, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0573-2024
- Quantity
- N/A
- Distribution
- All products were shipped via truck to food services.
- Initiated
- 12 October 2023
- Reported by FDA
- 20 December 2023
- Terminated
- 14 February 2025
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- unknown
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 8 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 8 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 8. 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 8 of them.
- The recall ran for 16 months, from 12 October 2023 to termination on 14 February 2025. 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 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer 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
Process deviation
A process deviation recall means the process ran outside its validated limits: a thermal process that did not reach its time and temperature, a pH that drifted, or a seal that failed.
A preventive controls plan covers a process deviation 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 113
- Thermally processed low-acid foods in hermetically sealed containers: the scheduled process, its establishment by a competent authority, and the records proving every container received it.
- 21 CFR 114
- Acidified foods: the controls on equilibrium pH at or below 4.6, and the process that achieves it.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
Filed under cheese. 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.
Other records from Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 7 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-12-20 | DRESSING GREEK FETA | Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth | A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused. | Class II |
| 2023-12-20 | TATER KEG BACON CHEDDAR CHIVE; OKRA CUT HEAVILY BREADED IQF; POTATO TATER TOTS; FRENCH FRIES SC 3/8 IN; JALAPENO STUFFED W/CHDR CHS; CORN CUT; BEAN GREEN REGULAR CUT; BEAN GREEN SPICY BREADED; ONION RING BEER BATTERED 5/8IN; PICKLE FRIES BREADED MUSHROOM BATTERED | Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth | A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused. | Class II |
| 2023-12-20 | BREAD SANDWICH WHITE LOAF, ROLL DINNER HAWAIIAN, BUN HAMBURGER WHITE 4.5 IN FZN | Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth | A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused. | Class II |
| 2023-12-20 | LEMON CHOICE MINI PK 34-44 CT; STRAWBERRY SLICED 4-1 | Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth | A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused. | Class II |
| 2023-12-20 | MILK HOMO GALLON | Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth | A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused. | Class II |
| 2023-12-20 | SHRIMP RAW P&D WHITE 16-20 CT | Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth | A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused. | Class II |
| 2023-12-20 | TILAPIA FILLET 5-7 OZ BLSL, TUNA LOIN AHI 3-5LB | Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth | A frozen/ refrigerated food trailer holding various types and brands of frozen/ refrigerated foods were temperature abused. | Class II |
All 8 records for Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth
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21 CFR 113 is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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