Luqman Cheese, White Cheddar, Net Wt. 8 oz.., Distributed by: Cumberland Valley…
Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 5 April 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli.
The record
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- Product
- Luqman Cheese, White Cheddar, Net Wt. 8 oz.., Distributed by: Cumberland Valley Creamery, Mechanicsburg, PA
- Reason for recall
- Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli.
- Recalling firm
- Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC
- Firm location
- Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1745-2017
- Quantity
- approx. 275 lbs
- Distribution
- MD, PA
- Initiated
- 7 June 2016
- Reported by FDA
- 5 April 2017
- Terminated
- 27 March 2017
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- All lots, all codes.
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 29 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 29 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 29. 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 29 of them.
- The recall ran for 10 months, from 7 June 2016 to termination on 27 March 2017. 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 2 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 10 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: Maryland, Pennsylvania. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
What this recall was for
E. coli
Shiga toxin-producing E. coli recalls concentrate in foods eaten raw or lightly cooked, where no step in the process is hot enough or long enough to be a kill step.
A preventive controls plan covers E. coli 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)(1)
- Process controls: the controls that apply a treatment, such as a validated kill step, at the point where it reduces the hazard to a safe level.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
- 21 CFR 120
- Juice HACCP: the hazard analysis and critical control point system required for juice processors, including a treatment achieving a 5-log pathogen reduction.
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 Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 28 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-04-05 | Udder Delight, unlabeled, Manufactured for repack and relabel cheeses. | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Feta, unlabeled, Manufactured for repack and relabel cheeses. | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Luqman Cheese, Yellow Colby, Net Wt. 8 oz.., Distributed by: Cumberland Valley Creamery, Mechanicsburg, PA | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Luqman Cheese, Yellow Cheddar, Net Wt. 8 oz.,. Distributed by: Cumberland Valley Creamery, Mechanicsburg, PA | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Dutchland Homestead, American Cheese, Net Weight 8 oz.., Handcrafted & Distributed by: Cumberland Valley Creamery, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055; | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Gouda, unlabeled, Manufactured for repack and relabel cheeses. | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Mineiro, unlabeled, Manufactured for repack and relabel cheeses. | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Luqman Cheese, Jalapeno Jack, Net Wt. 8 oz. Distributed by: Cumberland Valley Creamery, Mechanicsburg, PA | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Havarti Caraway, unlabeled, Manufactured for repack and relabel cheeses. | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
| 2017-04-05 | Garlic Cheese Curds, unlabeled, Manufactured for repack and relabel cheeses. | Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC | Multiple laboratory analysis found multiple instances where various cheeses exceed allowed limits of generic E. coli. | Class II |
All 29 records for Cumberland Valley Creamery, LLC
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