Shepherd's Way Big Woods Blue cut wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked with magic marker an

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Shepherd's Way Big Woods Blue cut wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked with magic marker and a Tomales Bay Foods sticker applied. Product is cut and packaged by Tomales Bay Foods, Petaluma, CA Tomales Bay Foods, Inc. · reported 2012-12-12

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: State of CA Department of Agriculture sampled finished product and found Listeria monocytogenes in Pondhopper cheese.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2012-07-28
Reported by the agency: 2012-12-12
Closed out (terminated): 2012-12-06
Recalling firm: Tomales Bay Foods, Inc.
Petaluma, CA
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): Part One: CA, VA, VT, WI, OR, UT and Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Holland, Greece. Part Two: Dates of Distribution: 6/2512 - 7/27/12 Pattern: CA, NC, FL
States we parsed from that text: CA FL NC OR UT VA VT WI
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-0798-2013

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