FDA recalls · F-2624-2016
Forever Cheese recall
- FoodMitica brand PECORINO AGED IN WALNUTS LEAVES (PECORINO FOGLIE di NOCI), SEMI-HARD SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE, Minimum Weight 2 lbs. -- Product of Romagna - Italy --- Imported by Forever Cheese, L.I.C., NY 11106 --- There are 2 wheels of cheese per shipping case.
- ReasonThe Mitica brand Aged Pecorino Cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes based on private laboratory testing.
- ClassClass I: most serious: the food could cause serious health problems or death
- StatusClosed by FDA, ended 2016-09-30
- DatesFirm started it 2016-02-08. In FDA's enforcement report 2016-10-12.
- Sold inCalifornia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Colorado, Vermont, Virginia, Florida and Connecticut
- Amount31 cases (80 wheels)
- CodesProduction Code NOC15313 (found on shipping case only), invoiced as Lot X2537
- FirmForever Cheese, Astoria, NY · 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-2624-2016. Class meanings: FDA.