Motor City Pizza Co. 5 Cheese Bread Single retail pack; 22.43 oz. (1 lb.
Champion Foods, LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 1 July 2026 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. potential salmonella contamination
The record
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- Product
- Motor City Pizza Co. 5 Cheese Bread Single retail pack; 22.43 oz. (1 lb. 6.4 oz.) 636g UPC 8 70375 00511 1; 6 retail units per case Motor City Pizza Co. 5 Cheese Bread Twin retail pack; 44.86 oz. (2 lb. 12.9 oz.) 1272g UPC 8 70375 00509 8; 10 retail units per case
- UPC
- 870375005111
- Reason for recall
- potential salmonella contamination
- Recalling firm
- Champion Foods, LLC
- Firm location
- New Boston, Michigan, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- H-1095-2026
- Quantity
- 997,821 retail units
- Distribution
- Affected 5 Cheese Bread lots were distributed and sold nationwide at retailers including Costco, Walmart, Giant Landover, Grocery Outlet, Jewel, Kroger, Schnucks, Target, C&S, Bozzuto s, Brookshire Grocery, Meijer, Food City, KeHe, Lipari, Publix, Merchants Dis Hickory, PDI/Hy-Vee, River Valley, SpartanNash, Supervalu, and UNFI.
- Initiated
- 29 May 2026
- Reported by FDA
- 1 July 2026
- Terminated
- 7 August 2026
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Sell By dates: Single retail pack: 2/4/2027, 2/5/2027, 2/23/2027, 2/24/2027, 3/9/2027, 3/10/2027, 3/17/2027, 3/18/2027, 3/24/2027, 3/25/2027, 4/7/2027, 4/8/2027, 4/20/2027, 4/21/2027 Twin retail pack: 2/3/2027, 2/4/2027, 2/24/2027, 2/25/2027, 3/10/2027, 3/11/2027, 3/18/2027, 3/25/2027
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 2 months, from 29 May 2026 to termination on 7 August 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 5 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.
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, bakery and prepared meals and sandwiches. 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 Champion Foods, LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 6 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-29 | Little Caesar's Family Meal Kits, Paper cartons, Contains: 1 pizza crust( 12 x 16), 1 package of pizza sauce, 1 package of cheese, 1 package of pepperoni, 1 Crazy bread Cust (18 pc), 1 packet of garlic buttery sauce, 1 packet of parmesan cheese, and 15 break n bake chocolate chip cookies. | Champion Foods, LLC | Champion Foods, LLC is voluntarily conducting a recall of multiple brands of Cheesy Bread sticks, Italian Bread sticks, bread kits and pizza kits following a supplier's recall of ingredient due to potential physical contaminants from an ink pen. | Class II |
| 2017-11-29 | Little Caesar's Crazy Bread Kits, Paper cartons, Contains: 3 bread crusts (18 pcs.), 3 packages of Garlic Buttery Sauce, 3 packets of Parmesan cheese, 3 packets of Crazy Sauce | Champion Foods, LLC | Champion Foods, LLC is voluntarily conducting a recall of multiple brands of Cheesy Bread sticks, Italian Bread sticks, bread kits and pizza kits following a supplier's recall of ingredient due to potential physical contaminants from an ink pen. | Class II |
| 2017-11-29 | Cheesy Breadsticks, 9.98 oz. 24 or 25 units per case, or 22.75 oz. 12 units per case, frozen | Champion Foods, LLC | Champion Foods, LLC is voluntarily conducting a recall of multiple brands of Cheesy Bread sticks, Italian Bread sticks, bread kits and pizza kits following a supplier's recall of ingredient due to potential physical contaminants from an ink pen. | Class II |
| 2017-11-29 | Italian Breadsticks, 18.41 oz., 12 units per case | Champion Foods, LLC | Champion Foods, LLC is voluntarily conducting a recall of multiple brands of Cheesy Bread sticks, Italian Bread sticks, bread kits and pizza kits following a supplier's recall of ingredient due to potential physical contaminants from an ink pen. | Class II |
| 2017-11-29 | Little Caesar's DEEP!DEEP! Dish Kits, Paper cartons, Contains: 4 pizza crusts ( 9.5 inches x 6 inches), 4 packages of pizza sauce, 4 package of cheese, 1 re-sealable package of pepperoni, 4 trays | Champion Foods, LLC | Champion Foods, LLC is voluntarily conducting a recall of multiple brands of Cheesy Bread sticks, Italian Bread sticks, bread kits and pizza kits following a supplier's recall of ingredient due to potential physical contaminants from an ink pen. | Class II |
| 2017-11-29 | Little Caesar's Italian Cheese Bread Kits, Paper cartons, Contains: 3 square bread crusts (10 inches), 3 packages of Garlic Butter sauce, 3 packages of cheese, 3 packages of Italian Seasoning | Champion Foods, LLC | Champion Foods, LLC is voluntarily conducting a recall of multiple brands of Cheesy Bread sticks, Italian Bread sticks, bread kits and pizza kits following a supplier's recall of ingredient due to potential physical contaminants from an ink pen. | Class II |
All 7 records for Champion Foods, LLC
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