Class IITerminated · reported 2014-07-30

Fat free cottage cheese sold under the Knudsen or Kraft brand and packaged in a plastic…

Kraft Foods Group recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 30 July 2014 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t

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Product: Fat free cottage cheese sold under the Knudsen or Kraft brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 16 oz. (1 lb.) 453 g, a plastic container with a net weight of 24 oz. (1.5 lb.) 680 g, or a plastic container with a net weight of 32 oz. (2 lb.) 907 g.
Reason for recall: Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t
Recalling firm: Kraft Foods Group
Firm location: Northfield, Illinois, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-2207-2014
Quantity: 1) Knudsen: 186,612 containers; 2) Kraft: 284,736 containers
Distribution: US: Nationwide (AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY) + Puerto Rico
Initiated: 16 May 2014
Reported by FDA: 30 July 2014
Terminated: 22 June 2016
Firm notified by: Letter
Product codes: Plant Code: 06-245; Code Dates: 09 MAY 2014 through 23 JUL 2014

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 11 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 11 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 11. 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 11 of them.
The recall ran for 2.1 years, from 16 May 2014 to termination on 22 June 2016. 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 39 states, and 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.

Named in the distribution pattern: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin. 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.

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 Kraft Foods Group

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 19 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2014-07-30	Low fat cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, sold under the Breakstone's brand, Daily Chef brand, Knudsen brand, or Kraft brand packaged in a tray of 4 plastic containers each with a net weight of 4 oz. (113 g), a tray of 8 plastic containers each with a net weight of 4 oz. (113 g), a plastic container with a net weight of 8 oz. (227 g), a plastic container with a net weight of 16 oz. (1 lb.) 453 g, a plastic container with a net weight of 24 oz. (1.5 lb.) 680 g, a plastic container with a net weight of 32 oz. (2 lb.) 907 g, or a 3 lb. plastic container with a net weight of 48 oz. (3 lb.) 1.36 kg.	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage cheese, 4% milkfat, sold under the Daily Chef, Knudsen, or Kraft brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 8 oz. (227 g), a plastic container with a net weight of 16 oz. (1 lb.) 453 g, a plastic container with a net weight of 24 oz. (1.5 lb.) 680 g, a plastic container with a new weight of 32 oz. (2 lb.) 907 g, or a plastic container with a net weight of 5 lb. (2.27 kg).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Low fat cottage cheese, 1.5% milkfat, with pineapple sold under the Knudsen brand packaged in plastic containers with a net weight of 16 oz. (1 lb.) 453 g.	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage Doubles - cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, with pineapple topping sold under the Knudsen brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 3.9 oz. (110 g).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage Doubles - cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, with raspberry topping sold under the Knudsen brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 3.9 oz. (110 g).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage Doubles - cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, with blueberry topping sold under the Knudsen brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 3.9 oz. (110 g).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, with pineapple sold under the Breakstone's brand or Knudsen brand and packaged in a tray of 4 plastic containers each with a net weight of 4 oz. (113 g).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage Doubles - cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, with mango topping sold under the Knudsen brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 3.9 oz. (110 g).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage Doubles - cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, with peach topping sold under the Knudsen brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 3.9 oz. (110 g).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II
2014-07-30	Cottage Doubles - cottage cheese, 2% milkfat, with strawberry topping sold under the Knudsen brand and packaged in a plastic container with a net weight of 3.9 oz. (110 g).	Kraft Foods Group	Kraft Foods is voluntarily recalling 18 SKUs of Knudsen Cottage Cheese, nine SKUs of Breakstone's Cottage Cheese, five SKUs of Simply Kraft Cottage Cheese and two SKUs of Daily Chef Cottage Cheese produced at our Tulare, CA manufacturing facility. Some ingredients used in these products were not stored in accordance with Kraft's temperature standards. While unlikely, this could create conditions t	Class II

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