Bongards Creameries Pasteurized Process American Cheese, 32 oz. package.
The Idaho Foodbank recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 23 August 2017 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Bongards Creameries Pasteurized Process American Cheese was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler.
The record
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- Product
- Bongards Creameries Pasteurized Process American Cheese, 32 oz. package.
- Reason for recall
- Bongards Creameries Pasteurized Process American Cheese was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler.
- Recalling firm
- The Idaho Foodbank
- Firm location
- Boise, Idaho, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-3388-2017
- Quantity
- 280 units
- Distribution
- distributed in (Southwest and North Central) ID.
- Initiated
- 14 July 2017
- Reported by FDA
- 23 August 2017
- Terminated
- 29 August 2017
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- unknown.
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 7 weeks, from 14 July 2017 to termination on 29 August 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 FDA published the enforcement report 6 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.
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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.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-23 | Signature Caf¿ Broccoli & Cheesy Cheddar Soup, 24 oz. plastic tub. | The Idaho Foodbank | Signature Caf¿ Broccoli & Cheesy Cheddar Soup was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler. | Class II |
| 2017-08-23 | Oakdell, Medium Eggs (in shell) grade AA | The Idaho Foodbank | Oakdell Medium Eggs (in shell) was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler. | Class II |
| 2017-08-23 | Coconut Beverage, So Delicious brand, 1.89 liter carton. | The Idaho Foodbank | So Delicious Coconut Beverage was recalled was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler. | 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.
Other records from The Idaho Foodbank
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-23 | Signature Caf¿ Broccoli & Cheesy Cheddar Soup, 24 oz. plastic tub. | The Idaho Foodbank | Signature Caf¿ Broccoli & Cheesy Cheddar Soup was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler. | Class II |
| 2017-08-23 | Oakdell, Medium Eggs (in shell) grade AA | The Idaho Foodbank | Oakdell Medium Eggs (in shell) was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler. | Class II |
| 2017-08-23 | Coconut Beverage, So Delicious brand, 1.89 liter carton. | The Idaho Foodbank | So Delicious Coconut Beverage was recalled was recalled because it was not continuously maintained or stored at the required temperature due to a malfunction in the cooler. | Class II |
All 4 records for The Idaho Foodbank
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