Hot Pepper Cheese packaged as: (a) AMISH CLASSICS Hot Pepper RW Square, Item 26244, 12 lbs, UPC 85865326244

Recall map → All recalls → F-1697-2017

Hot Pepper Cheese packaged as: (a) AMISH CLASSICS Hot Pepper RW Square, Item 26244, 12 lbs, UPC 858653262442 (b) Deli Made EZ Hot Pepper St Pk .5oz, Item 26555, 1.5 lbs, UPC 828653265559 (c) Deli Readi Hot Pepper St Pk 1oz Slice, Item 26831, 2 lbs, UPC 634660628788 (d) LIPARI Old Tyme Hot Pepper Cheese Food EW Square, Item 26703, 8 oz, UPC 94776102280 MDS Foods Inc · reported 2017-03-29

Ongoing The agency has not recorded this recall as closed out.

Reason for recall: Potential cross contamination from a sample of product collected by the State Department of Agriculture which tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2017-02-04
Reported by the agency: 2017-03-29
Closed out (terminated): not reported
Recalling firm: MDS Foods Inc
Massillion, OH
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): FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT
States we parsed from that text: FL GA IL IN KS KY MA MI MO OH PA SC TN TX UT
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Dairy Produce (fruit & vegetables)derived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1697-2017

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