FDA recall F-1573-2016

Product

Maytag Blue cheese crumbles re-packaged and sold in plastic containers 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.

Reason for recall

Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Distribution

Product was distributed to IA, IL, MO, KS, NE, SD, MN, and WI. There was no foreign/government/military distribution.

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2016-03-03

Report date

2016-09-07

Termination date

2016-08-26

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

West Des Moines, IA, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=F-1573-2016