LMPS 1.5" BULK MOZZARELLA. 11" X 14" X 1.5 slabs, approximately 10 lbs. each. Approx.
Leprino Foods recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 29 October 2025 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Possible stainless steel pieces in product.
The record
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- Product
- LMPS 1.5" BULK MOZZARELLA. 11" X 14" X 1.5 slabs, approximately 10 lbs. each. Approx. 1125 lbs. packaged in corrugated totes. Product Code 100003207. Refrigeration at 34-40F.
- Reason for recall
- Possible stainless steel pieces in product.
- Recalling firm
- Leprino Foods
- Firm location
- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- H-0128-2026
- Quantity
- 5,453,442 lbs.
- Distribution
- Distributed to Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin.
- Initiated
- 2 October 2025
- Reported by FDA
- 29 October 2025
- Terminated
- 27 March 2026
- Firm notified by
- Letter
- Product codes
- PRODUCTION DATE 09/02/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/03/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/04/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/08/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/09/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/11/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/12/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/16/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/17/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/18/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/19/2025 PRODUCTION DATE 09/22/2025 Expiration date is not shown on the wholesale product label.
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 months, from 2 October 2025 to termination on 27 March 2026. 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 about typical 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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