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FDA recalls · F-1572-2016

Hy-Vee Stores Inc recall

  • FoodWhole wheels and cuts of Maytag blue cheese re-packaged in foil or clear plastic wrap with scale labels in various weights. Product was labeled as Maytag Blue Raw Milk, Maytag Blue, or Maytag Iowa Blue Cheese with PLU numbers beginning with 854089001.
  • ReasonProduct may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
  • ClassClass I: most serious: the food could cause serious health problems or death
  • StatusClosed by FDA, ended 2016-08-26
  • DatesFirm started it 2016-03-03. In FDA's enforcement report 2016-09-07.
  • Sold inProduct was distributed to IA, IL, MO, KS, NE, SD, MN, and WI. There was no foreign/government/military distribution.
  • Amount1552 lbs.
  • CodesUse by dates: Jan. 20, 2016 through May 3, 2016.
  • FirmHy-Vee Stores Inc, West Des Moines, IA · Voluntary: Firm initiated

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From FDA's enforcement report, via openFDA (CC0): raw data for this recall. FDA's own Enforcement Report search finds it by its number, F-1572-2016. Class meanings: FDA.