Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese Recall: Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

🇺🇸 United States

1. January 11, 2024 - Recall initiated
2. February 7, 2024 - Reported by source

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0921-2024

Event ID

93814

Status

Ongoing

Classification

Class I

Company

Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

Product description

Tio Francisco Panela 14 oz. UPC 7-27242-00550-0 Food City Panela 16 oz. Tio Francisco, San Carlos, Dos Ranchitos, La Ordena, Campesino Panela Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Tio Francisco Panela Barra Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes. Panela Regular and Barra (Bulk)

Quantity

Reason

Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Recall initiation date

January 11, 2024

Report date

February 7, 2024

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

Not terminated as of this source record

Distribution pattern

U.S. distribution to the following: AR, AZ, BC, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, MD, NC,NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, TX, UT, VA, WA, W No foreign distribution.

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 7-27242-00550-0; All dates through 04/02/2024 Panela Regular and Barra (bulk) PLU Batch ID 12240 2C-23335 12350 2C-23335 12350 3C-23335 350 1C-23335 350 2C-23335 350 1B-23336 50350 3C-23338 26350 2C-23339 26350 3B-23339 350 1C-23339 350 2C-23339 50350 3B-23339 351 2AW-23340 350 2C-23340 351 4AW-23341 56351 4AW-23341 350 1C-23342 350 2C-23342 12240 3C-23345 12350 3C-23345 350 3C-23345 26350 2C-23346 350 1C-23346 350 2C-23346 350 3C-23346 50350 3C-23346 351 4AW-23347 351 3AW-23348 56351 3AW-23348 350 1C-23349 350 2D-23349 350 3D-23349 56350 1C-23349 12240 1C-23350 12350 1C-23350 350 2D-23350 350 3D-23350 350 3C-23352 26350 1C-23353 350 1C-23353 350 2C-23353 350 3C-23353 351 1AW-23354 12240 1C-23354 12350 1C-23354 50350 1C-23354 56350 1C-23354 351 3AW-23355 56351 3AW-23355 350 1B-23355 350 1B-23356 350 3C-23360 50350 3C-23360 26350 3C-23361 350 2C-23361 350 3C-23361 350 3C-23362 56350 3C-23362 351 3AW-23363 56351 3AW-23363 350 1B-23363 12240 1B-23364 12350 1B-23364 350 1B-23364 350 2D-23364 350 3D-23364 350 2C-24003 350 3C-24003 50350 1C-24003 56350 2C-24003 351 3AW-24004 351 3AW-24005 56351 3AW-24005 12240 2B-24006 12350 2B-24006 350 2B-24006 350 3B-24006 26350 1C-24008 350 2C-24008 350 3C-24008 350 2C-24010 350 3C-24010 351 4AW-24011 56351 4AW-24011 12240 2B-24012 12350 2B-24012 350 3B-24012 26350 3B-24015 350 2C-24015 350 3B-24015 56350 3B-24015 351 4AW-24018 351 4AW-24019 56351 4AW-24019 12240 2C-24020 12350 2C-24020 350 2C-24020 350 3C-24020 50350 2C-24020 26350 2C-24023 350 1C-24023 350 2C-24023 351 1AW-24026 12240 2C-24027 12350 2C-24027 350 2C-24027 350 1B-24029 26350 2C-24030 350 1D-24030 350 2C-24030 50350 3C-24030 56350 1D-24030 351 4AW-24031 350 1C-24032 350 2C-24032 12240 2C-24033 12350 2C-24033 350 1D-24033 350 2C-24033 350 3C-24033

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 93814 with 9 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

Other recalls from Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
Arkansas	1
Arizona	1
California	1
Colorado	1
Florida	1
Georgia	1
Iowa	1
Illinois	1
Kansas	1
Maryland	1
North Carolina	1
New Jersey	1
Nevada	1
New York	1
Oregon	1
Rhode Island	1
Texas	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Washington	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

Where this information comes from

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Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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