Santa Rosa de Lima Cuajada en Terron (Fresh Cheese Curd), 16 oz packaged in a plastic…
Roos Foods Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 9 April 2014 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Samples of Santa Rosa De Lima Cuajada en Terron (fresh curd cheese) were found positive for Listeria Monocytogenes. Based on these findings, the firm recalled all brands, lots, date codes, and container sizes of the cheese products that were manufactured and/or repackaged in their facility. Out of an abundance of caution, the firm expanded the recall to include all brands, lots, date codes, and c
The record
Every field below is published by the FDA in the openFDA food enforcement database. Check the FDA notice before acting on any recall: this page is a reading of the public record, not a substitute for it.
- Product
- Santa Rosa de Lima Cuajada en Terron (Fresh Cheese Curd), 16 oz packaged in a plastic bag, Roos Foods Inc., Kenton, DE, 19955, Plant No. 10-5436, UPC code 095548003033. (Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, enzymes, rennet & salt). Santa Rosa de Lima Cuajada en Terron, packaged in a 10 lb vacuum packaged plastic bag, Roos Foods Inc., Kenton, DE, 19955, Plant No. 10-5436, UPC code 095548000551. (Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, enzymes, rennet & salt). Santa Rosa de Lima Cuajada en Terron Fresh Cheese Curd, 16 oz., packed in a rigid plastic container (Clamshell) Roos Foods Inc., Kenton, DE, 19955, Plant No. 10-5436, UPC code 095548003026. (Ingredients: Pasteurized whole milk, enzymes, rennet & salt).
- Reason for recall
- Samples of Santa Rosa De Lima Cuajada en Terron (fresh curd cheese) were found positive for Listeria Monocytogenes. Based on these findings, the firm recalled all brands, lots, date codes, and container sizes of the cheese products that were manufactured and/or repackaged in their facility. Out of an abundance of caution, the firm expanded the recall to include all brands, lots, date codes, and c
- Recalling firm
- Roos Foods Inc
- Firm location
- Kenton, Delaware, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1718-2014
- Quantity
- 122,587-Lbs for all products
- Distribution
- Products were distributed through retail stores in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Virginia and Washington, DC.
- Initiated
- 19 February 2014
- Reported by FDA
- 9 April 2014
- Terminated
- 27 July 2015
- Firm notified by
- Visit
- Product codes
- all lots and expiration dates, UPC code 095548003033, UPC code 095548000551, UPC code 095548003026
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. 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 18 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 18 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 18. 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 18 of them.
- The recall ran for 17 months, from 19 February 2014 to termination on 27 July 2015. 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 1 state, 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.
What this recall was for
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that grows at refrigeration temperature, which is why it dominates recalls of ready-to-eat foods that are never cooked again before they are eaten.
A preventive controls plan covers Listeria contamination 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 117.135(c)(3)
- Sanitation controls: the controls on cleaning food-contact surfaces and on preventing cross-contact and cross-contamination from insanitary objects, people and equipment.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(3)
- Environmental monitoring: testing the processing environment for an environmental pathogen, required when a ready-to-eat food is exposed to the environment before packaging.
- 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, milk and dairy, fish and seafood and spices and seasonings. 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 Roos Foods Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 17 other records name this firm.
All 18 records for Roos Foods Inc
All 2014 recalls · All FDA food recall data
21 CFR 117.135(c)(3) 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.
Early accessRecall 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.