Bleating Heart Cheese, Shepherdista - Natural rind sheep milk cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California;

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Bleating Heart Cheese, Shepherdista - Natural rind sheep milk cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. Bleating Heart Cheese LLC · reported 2015-02-11

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: FDA samples found the presence of Listeria Monocytogenes in three varieties of cheese.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2014-12-17
Reported by the agency: 2015-02-11
Closed out (terminated): 2015-02-02
Recalling firm: Bleating Heart Cheese LLC
Tomales, 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): CA, NV, WA, AZ, LA, PA
States we parsed from that text: AZ CA LA NV PA WA
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-0955-2015

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