Class IITerminated · reported 2023-07-12

Cricket Creek Farm brand Berkshire Bloom Cheese

Cricket Creek Farm LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 12 July 2023 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Products were not properly pasteurized.

The record

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Product: Cricket Creek Farm brand Berkshire Bloom Cheese
Reason for recall: Products were not properly pasteurized.
Recalling firm: Cricket Creek Farm LLC
Firm location: Williamstown, Massachusetts, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-1024-2023
Quantity: 140 units
Distribution: NY, MA, CT
Initiated: 25 May 2023
Reported by FDA: 12 July 2023
Terminated: 16 April 2024
Firm notified by: E-Mail
Product codes: Batch #076

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. All 4 of them are listed on this page.
The recall ran for 11 months, from 25 May 2023 to termination on 16 April 2024. 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 distribution pattern names 3 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 7 weeks 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.

Named in the distribution pattern: New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.

Filed under cheese. A product can sit in more than one.

Every product in this recall

The FDA opened 4 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 3 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.

The other 3 records of FDA event 92421
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2023-07-12	Cricket Creek Farm brand Tobasi cheese	Cricket Creek Farm LLC	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class II
2023-07-12	Cricket Creek Farm brand Sophelise cheese	Cricket Creek Farm LLC	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2023-07-12	Cricket Creek Farm brand Feta Cheese	Cricket Creek Farm LLC	Products were not properly pasteurized.	Class II

Other cheese recalls

These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. 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
2026-09-02	Marketside Tomato Bisque Soup Kit, Tomato Bisque with Cheese Croutons & White Cheddar Cheese, Ready to Heat, Net Wt. 14 OZ (397g), with UPC 1 94346474004. Must Keep Refrigerated.	CUISINE, KETTLE	Product had a presumptive positive test result for Listeria monocytogenes	Class II
2026-08-12	Selectos Latinos Requeson Mexicano Mexican Cottage Cheese, Net Weight 16 oz, packed into retail-sized clear plastic containers. Keep refrigerated.	La Colonia Foods Llc	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, mild cheese variety (Snack Pack Assorted Regular Mild Stix White Colby, Marble Jack, Yummy Cheddar). Sold in approximate 0.40-lb (6.4oz) units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Sizzlin Colby with Habanero Peppers). Sold in approximate 1/2-lb, 1-lb, 2.5-lb, 5-lb, and 40-lb units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Mild Cheese Variety (Yummy Cheddar, White Cheddar, White Colby, Monterey Jack, Marble Jack). Sold in 1/2-lb, 1-lb, 2.5-lb, 5-lb, and 40-lb units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (Snack Pack Assorted Pepperjack Stix (Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack)). Sold in approximate 0.40-lb (6.4oz) units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Sharp Cheese Snack Pack Sharp Stix White or Yellow. Sold in approximate 0.40-lb (6.4oz) units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	KC Everyday Mac & Cheese, 3lb x 6. Item # 20609055. 6 - 3 lb pouches, Net Wt: 18 lb. (8.16Kg). Fully Cooked. Keep Frozen. Distributed By: Kerry Inc, Beloit, WI 53511.	Kerry, Inc	Undeclared allergen (egg)	Class I

Other records from Cricket Creek Farm LLC

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

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2023-07-12	Cricket Creek Farm brand Tobasi cheese	Cricket Creek Farm LLC	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class II
2023-07-12	Cricket Creek Farm brand Sophelise cheese	Cricket Creek Farm LLC	Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2023-07-12	Cricket Creek Farm brand Feta Cheese	Cricket Creek Farm LLC	Products were not properly pasteurized.	Class II

All 4 records for Cricket Creek Farm LLC

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