Maytag Blue cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic wrap at store level, sold in various sizes (approximately

Recall map → All recalls → F-1586-2016

Maytag Blue cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic wrap at store level, sold in various sizes (approximately 3-4 oz pieces), labeled with company issued Maytag Blue cheese label and Schnuck Markets scale label, UPC 0021806200000. Schnucks Markets Corporate Office · reported 2016-09-14

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: 2016-02-29
Reported by the agency: 2016-09-14
Closed out (terminated): 2017-01-27
Recalling firm: Schnucks Markets Corporate Office
Saint Louis, 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): Product was distributed to MO, IL, and IA. There was no military/foreign/government distribution.
States we parsed from that text: IA IL MO
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-1586-2016

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