Gouda Cheese wheels, Whole Wheels 10 lbs and Half Wheels 5 lbs., packaged under the the brand names: Mountain

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Gouda Cheese wheels, Whole Wheels 10 lbs and Half Wheels 5 lbs., packaged under the the brand names: Mountain Gouda and Smiths Farmstand Smith's Country Cheese, Inc. · reported 2014-07-02

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2014-06-12
Reported by the agency: 2014-07-02
Closed out (terminated): 2017-07-10
Recalling firm: Smith's Country Cheese, Inc.
Winchendon, MA
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): MA
States we parsed from that text: MA
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-2049-2014

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