Fata's Best Mozzarella Muenster Provolone Feather Shred Shredded Cheese, 5 lb. packages packed in plastic bags

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Fata's Best Mozzarella Muenster Provolone Feather Shred Shredded Cheese, 5 lb. packages packed in plastic bags, keep refrigerated Kuster's Inc. · reported 2016-12-07

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Kuster's, Inc. is voluntarily recalling its shredded, sliced and cubed cheese following a supplier's recall of cheese due to the potential for the cheese to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes or inadequately pasteurized.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2016-10-10
Reported by the agency: 2016-12-07
Closed out (terminated): 2017-04-19
Recalling firm: Kuster's Inc.
Camden, MI
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): Domestic: Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio,Pennsylvania, South Dakota.
States we parsed from that text: IL IN MI OH PA SD
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Dairyderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-0436-2017

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