Whole wheels and cuts of Maytag blue cheese re-packaged in foil or clear plastic wrap with scale labels in var

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Whole wheels and cuts of Maytag blue cheese re-packaged in foil or clear plastic wrap with scale labels in various weights. Product was labeled as Maytag Blue Raw Milk, Maytag Blue, or Maytag Iowa Blue Cheese with PLU numbers beginning with 854089001. Hy-Vee Stores Inc · reported 2016-09-07

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2016-03-03
Reported by the agency: 2016-09-07
Closed out (terminated): 2016-08-26
Recalling firm: Hy-Vee Stores Inc
West Des Moines, IA
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): Product was distributed to IA, IL, MO, KS, NE, SD, MN, and WI. There was no foreign/government/military distribution.
States we parsed from that text: IA IL KS MN MO NE SD WI
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Dairy Prepared meals & entreesderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1572-2016

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