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-0927-2024

Event ID

93814

Status

Ongoing

Classification

Class I

Company

Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

Product description

Cheddar Conventional (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

PLU Batch ID 40456 1DZ-23307 40456 2DY-23307 40456 3DX-23307 40456 4CW-23307 40456 4DW-23307 40455 3EZ-23314 40455 4EY-23314 40456 1BX-23315 40456 2BW-23315 40456 3AZ-23315 40456 4BY-23315 40456 1DZ-23322 40456 2DY-23322 40456 3DX-23322 40456 4CW-23322 40456 1DZ-23335 40456 2DY-23335 40456 3DX-23335 40456 4CW-23335 40455 1DX-23342 40455 2DW-23342 40455 3DZ-23342 40455 4CY-23342 40456 1EX-23342 40456 2EW-23342 40456 3EZ-23342 40456 4DY-23342 40456 1DW-23349 40456 1EZ-23349 40456 2EY-23349 40456 3EX-23349 40456 1DW-23353 40456 2DZ-23353 40456 3DY-23353 40456 4CX-23353 40455 1DZ-24017 40455 2DY-24017 40455 3DX-24017 40455 4EW-24017

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

Frequently asked questions

What does a Class I mean?

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