Kroger HOMESTYLE Cheese AND Garlic CROUTONS NET WT 5 OZ (141g) UPC 0 11110 81353 4…
Sugar Foods LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 May 2026 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Possible Salmonella in croutons. The firm was notified by their supplier that the non-fat milk powder used to manufacture the product was recalled due to possible salmonella.
The record
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- Product
- Kroger HOMESTYLE Cheese AND Garlic CROUTONS NET WT 5 OZ (141g) UPC 0 11110 81353 4 DISTRIBUTED BY THE KROGER CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202
- UPC
- 011110813534
- Reason for recall
- Possible Salmonella in croutons. The firm was notified by their supplier that the non-fat milk powder used to manufacture the product was recalled due to possible salmonella.
- Recalling firm
- Sugar Foods LLC
- Firm location
- Villa Rica, Georgia, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Completed
- Recall number
- H-0781-2026
- Quantity
- 13,739cs/12/5oz pouches
- Distribution
- Product was shipped to distribution centers in the following states: IN, TN & WI.
- Initiated
- 27 April 2026
- Reported by FDA
- 20 May 2026
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- BEST IF USED BY FEB 17 27 BEST IF USED BY FEB 18 27 BEST IF USED BY FEB 27 27 BEST IF USED BY FEB 28 27 BEST IF USED BY MAR 6 27 BEST IF USED BY MAR 9 27 BEST IF USED BY MAR 21 27 BEST IF USED BY APR 1 27 BEST IF USED BY APR 7 27
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- This recall has no termination date on the record, so as published it had not been terminated under 21 CFR 7.55.
- The FDA published the enforcement report 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- 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
Salmonella
Salmonella is a bacterium that survives in low-moisture foods for months, which is why it appears in recalls of products that carry no water for it to grow in: nut butters, spices, flour and dry pet food.
A preventive controls plan covers Salmonella 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 117.165(a)(2)
- Product testing: testing as a verification activity, appropriate to the facility, the food and the nature of the preventive control.
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 Sugar Foods LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-18 | Fresh Gourmet TORTILLA STRIPS SANTA FE SYTLE NET WT 3.5 OZ (99g) UPC 7 87359 17504 6 DISTRIBUTED BY: FRESH GOURMET CO. WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CA 91361 | SUGAR FOODS LLC | Undeclared Wheat. The firm was notified by a consumer that they found crispy onions in the packaging of the tortilla strips. The onions contain wheat which is not listed on the packaging for the tortilla strips. | Class II |
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(1) 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.
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