Cheese · barcode 00828653102458

Jalapeno Jack Cheese, Jalapeno

Amish Classics · MDS Foods Inc.

FDA recalls

• 2017-03-29 · Class I · Ongoing Sample of product collected by the State Department of Agriculture tested positive for Listeria MonocytogenesMDS Foods Inc: Jalapeno Jack cheese packaged as follows: (a) AMISH CLASSICS Jalapeno Jack Mini Horn, Item 10209, 6 lbs, No UPC (b) AMISH CLASSICS Jalapeno Jack RW Fullmoon, Item 10241, 12 lbs, no UPC (c) AMISH CLASSICS Jalapeno Jack RW Halfmoon, Item 10244, 12 lbs, no UPC (d) AMISH CLASSICS Jalapeno Jack EW Fullmoon, Item 10245, 8 oz, UPC 828653102458 (e) AMISH CLASSICS Jalapeno Jack Cheese, Item 10311, 10 lbs, no UPC 10 lbs, no UPC (f) Deli Made EZ Jalapeno Jack St Pk .75 oz Slice, Item 10553, 1.5 lbs, no UPC (g) Deli Made EZ Jalapeno Jack St Pk .75 oz Slice, Item 10554, 1.5 lbs, UPC 828653105541 (h) Deli Made EZ Jalapeno Jack St Pk .5 oz Slice, Item 10555, 1.5 lbs, UPC 828653105558 (i) LIPARI Old Tyme Jalapeno Jack EW Halfmoon, Item 10703, 8 oz, UPC 94776102303 (k) Sutters Quality Foods Jalapeno Jack St Pk .75oz Slice, Item 10812, 1.5 lbs, UPC 828653108122 (l) Sutters Quality Foods Jalapeno Jack Loaf, Item 10815, 5 lbs, no UPC (n) Winder Farms Jalapeno Jack St Pk .75oz Slice, Item 10790, 1 lb, UPC 828653107903 FDA record F-1696-2017
• 2017-03-29 · Class I · Ongoing Sample of product collected by the State Department of Agriculture tested positive for Listeria MonocytogenesMDS Foods Inc: Jalapeno Colby Jack Cheese packaged as: (a) AMISH CLASSICS Jalapeno Colby Jack EW Fullmoon, Item 17245, 8 oz., UPC 828653102458(b) AMISH CLASSICS Jalapeno Colby Jack Mini Horn, Item 17209, 6 lbs., No UPC FDA record F-1698-2017

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 limit

  2% 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)

PASTEURIZED MILK, JALAPENO PEPPERS, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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