Cheese · barcode 00828653552451

Colby Cheese, Colby

Amish Classics · MDS 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
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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: Colby Cheese packaged as follows: (a) AMISH CLASSICS, DELI HORN, Item 55209, NET WT 6 LBS, UPC 0 08 28653 55209 3 (b) AMISH CLASSICS, FULLMOON(R), Item 55241, approximately 8 oz, UPC 828653552413 (c) AMISH CLASSICS EW FULL MOON, ITEM 55245, 8 oz, UPC 828653552451 (d) 8/2# RW Deli Readi Colby Mini Cheese Slices, ITEM 55831, 2 lbs., UPC 634660 628597 (e) Deli Made EZ(R) Slices, NET WT1.5 LB (681g), Item 55553, UPC 8 28653 55554 4 (f) Meijer Colby Cheese DELI HORN, Item 55755, 6 lbs., no UPC (g) Amish Classics Colby RW Halfmoon, Item 55244, 8 oz, no UPC (h) Meijer Colby EW Halfmoon, Item 55758, 8 oz, UPC 7 13733 34047 2 (i) RW Deli Readi Colby 1/2 Moon Slices, Item 55830, 1 lb, UPC 6 34660 62872 6 (j) Old Tyme Colby EW Halfmoon, Item 55703, 8 oz, UPC 8 28653 10555 8 (k) AMISH CLASSICS Colby Longhorn, Item 55523, 15 lbs, no UPC (l) Dietz & Watson Colby Mini Horn, Item 55740, 6 lbs, no UPC (m) Troyer Colby EW Halfmoon, Item 55840, 8 oz, UPC 04964693609 (n) Troyer Colby EW Full Moon, Item 55841, 8 oz, UPC 049646936045 (o) Troyer Colby RW Halfmoon, Item 55842, 8 oz, no UPC FDA record F-1694-2017

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 CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES AND ANNATTO COLOR.

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

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