Homestead Creamery Artisan Cheese, Flory's Favorite, whole raw jersey milk, packaged in 1-lb or 1/2-lb block/p

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Homestead Creamery Artisan Cheese, Flory's Favorite, whole raw jersey milk, packaged in 1-lb or 1/2-lb block/plastic packs. Homestead Creamery · reported 2013-03-06

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: The raw milk cheese product may be contaminated with shiga-toxin e-coli.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2013-01-11
Reported by the agency: 2013-03-06
Closed out (terminated): 2013-07-18
Recalling firm: Homestead Creamery
Jamesport, MO
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): The product was distributed to stores in MO and an open farmer's market in gift baskets. Exact dates of the start of distribution are not clear. The plastic packaging film used to package the recalled product is supplied by: Specialty Foods, Roland Park, KS. The Annato cheese food coloring, cheese cultures and Rennet are supplied by, Dairy Connections, Madison, WI.
States we parsed from that text: KS MO 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-1009-2013

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