Cheese · barcode 00727242005357
Cotija Enchilado
Don Francisco · Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of cheese show what's typical. See levels
- Others1 other cheese product has lab results. Compare them
FDA recalls
- 2024-02-07 · Class I · Ongoing Listeria monocytogenes contamination.Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese: Rizo Bros Cotija (Grated) 8 oz. UPC 72724200043 7 oz. UPC 7-27242-14022-5 Tio Francisco, Casa Cardenas 9 oz. UPC 7-27242-00022-2 & 8-11371-27109-4 Rizo Bros Cotija 8 oz. UPC 7-27242-00043-7 Tio Francisco Cotija 14 oz. 7-27242-00517-3 Food City Cotija 16 oz. Tio Francisco Cotija (Grated) 20 oz. UPC 7-27242-00056-7 Tio Francisco, San Carlos Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Tio Francisco Cotija Enchilado 14 oz. UPC 7-27242-00535-7 Food City, Casa Cardenas Cotija Enchilado 16 oz. Tio Francisco Cotija Enchilado Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Tio Francisco Cotija Rallado 12 oz. UPC 7-27242-00021-5 Tio Francisco Cotija Rallado Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Cotija (Bulk and grated bulk) FDA record F-0916-2024
Typical for cheese
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Perchlorate: typically 5.9 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.1 kg (13 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):8% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cheese, American, processed: found in 1 of 3, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 2.8, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 3 of 27, average 0.23, highest 2.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, American, processed: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, American, processed: found in 3 of 3, average 8.2, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Cheese, American, processed: found in 20 of 20, average 12, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cheese, Swiss, natural: found in 18 of 20, average 5.14, highest 17 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cheese, cheddar, natural (sharp/mild): found in 18 of 20, average 7.05, highest 69 ppb (2008-2012)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
COTIJA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED GRADE A MILK, SEA SALT, CULTURES, ENZYMES) AND CHILLI COATING (CHILLI PEPPERS SALT, SPICES VINEGAR).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-22. Labels change; check the package.