Frigo Part-Skim Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese Net Wt. 2lb. (907g) Saputo…
Saputo Cheese USA Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 June 2022 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. The 2 lb. units of Frigo Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese are being recalled due to the allergen of milk in the product not being declared on the label.
The record
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Product
Frigo Part-Skim Low Moisture Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese Net Wt. 2lb. (907g) Saputo Cheese USA, Inc. Lincolnshire, IL 60069 UPC: 041716131138
UPC
041716131138
Reason for recall
The 2 lb. units of Frigo Low Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese are being recalled due to the allergen of milk in the product not being declared on the label.
A total of 4 retail consignees located in South Korea, Arizona, Colorado, and California
Initiated
20 May 2022
Reported by FDA
15 June 2022
Terminated
29 June 2022
Firm notified by
E-Mail
Product codes
Saputo Product ID: 1006718 and 1008393 All lot codes manufactured prior to 5/20/2022.
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
The recall ran for 6 weeks, from 20 May 2022 to termination on 29 June 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 4 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.
Filed under cheese. A product can sit in more than one.
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.
Potentially under pasteurized. The firm was notified by the California Department of Agriculture that due to the broken seal on the pasteurizer, the products may be under pasteurized, and they should recall the products.
Potentially under pasteurized. The firm was notified by the California Department of Agriculture that due to the broken seal on the pasteurizer, the products may be under pasteurized, and they should recall the products.
Potentially under pasteurized. The firm was notified by the California Department of Agriculture that due to the broken seal on the pasteurizer, the products may be under pasteurized, and they should recall the products.
Potentially under pasteurized. The firm was notified by the California Department of Agriculture that due to the broken seal on the pasteurizer, the products may be under pasteurized, and they should recall the products.
Potentially under pasteurized. The firm was notified by the California Department of Agriculture that due to the broken seal on the pasteurizer, the products may be under pasteurized, and they should recall the products.
Certain Gouda Cheese products are being recalled after Saputo was notified by their supplier that the cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Certain Gouda Cheese products are being recalled after Saputo was notified by their supplier that the cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Behind every recall is a clause 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.
Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.
