US Food Recall Atlas

A single recall record, as the agency published it.

Recall mapAll recalls → F-1473-2013

1% Low Fat Cottage Cheese distributed under the following labels and sizes: (a) Fiber One brand Lowfat Cottage Cheese, 1% Milkfat Minimum, NET WT, 16 OZ (453g), UPC 041483035585, DISTRIBUTED BY HP HOOD LLC, LYNNFIELD, MA 01940; (b) Hood brand Low Fat Cottage Cheese, SMALL CURD, 1% MILKFAT, NET WT 24 OZ (680g), UPC 044100106330; HP HOOD LLC, LYNNFIELD, MA 01940; (c) Hannaford brand Lowfat Cottage Cheese, 1% milkfat, small curd, NET WT. 24 OZ (680g), UPC 041268148615, DISTRIBUTED BY; HANNAFORD BROS. CO., SCARBOROUGH, ME 04074; (d) Weis brand lowfat cottage cheese, SMALL CURD, 1% MILKFAT, NET WT 24 OZ (1 LB 8 OZ) 680g, UPC 041497096886, PACKED FOR WEIS MARKETS, INC., SUNBURY, PA 17801; (e) Big Y brand Small Curd Low Fat Cottage Cheese, 1% MILKFAT, NET WT 24 OZ (1 LB 8Z) 680g, UPC 018894300977, DISTRIBUTED BY: BIG Y FOODS, INC., SPRINGFIELD, MA 01104; (f) Market Basket brand Lowfat Cottage Cheese, Small Curd, 1% Milkfat, NET Wt. 24 OZ. (680g), UPC 049705682968, PACKED EXCLUSIVELY FOR DEMOULAS SUPERMARKETS INC., TEWKSBURY, MA 01876; (g) Shurfine brand LOWFAT Cottage Cheese, 1% MILKFAT, NET WT 24 OZ (1 LB 8 OZ) 680g, UPC 015400834605, Proudly Distributed By: Western Family Foods, Inc., Portland, OR 97208; (h) Friendly Farms brand Small Curd Cottage Cheese, Low Fat, 1% MILKFAT, NET WT 24 OZ (1 LB 8 OZ) 680 g, UPC 041498154905. HP Hood LLC · reported 2013-06-12

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall
Possible presence of metal fragments.
Classification
Class II
Recall initiated
2013-05-22
Reported by the agency
2013-06-12
Closed out (terminated)
2017-05-08
Recalling firm
HP Hood LLC
Vernon, NY
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)
NY, CT, MD, PA, MO, MN, WI, IA, UT, OR, AZ, IL, FL, WI, AL, ME, OH, NE, NV, IN, and CA
States we parsed from that text
AL AZ CA CT FL IA IL IN MD ME MN MO NE NV NY OH OR PA UT 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-1473-2013

This page reproduces a record published by the US Food and Drug Administration. It is not real-time: recalls typically appear in FDA's Enforcement Report weeks after they begin — a median of 40 days, see publication lag. For current food safety information consult FDA and USDA FSIS directly.