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Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative Recall: Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
🇺🇸 United States
TerminatedClass I
Company
Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative
Product
1) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op 100% Grass-Fed Pepper J…
Recall date
July 21, 2025
Terminated
April 3, 2026
Source
FDA
Reason for recall
Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
- Recall initiated
- Reported by source
- Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description
UPC
Quantity
Lot / code information
1) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op 100% Grass-Fed Pepper Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, 5 lb. loaves, and 40 lb. loaves, packaged in plastic with lot code 251661 2) Copia Collective 100% Grass-Fed Pepper Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, packaged in plastic with lot code 251661
Not published in this source record
1) 216.5 lbs. 2) 30 lbs. (246.5 lbs. TOTAL)
Lot Code: 251661 JUL 16 2025 VAT A (on 40 lb. blocks)
Distribution
KY
OH
PA
Official source record
Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
H-0528-2025
Event ID
97331
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Company
Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative
Product description
1) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op 100% Grass-Fed Pepper Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, 5 lb. loaves, and 40 lb. loaves, packaged in plastic with lot code 251661 2) Copia Collective 100% Grass-Fed Pepper Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, packaged in plastic with lot code 251661
Quantity
1) 216.5 lbs. 2) 30 lbs. (246.5 lbs. TOTAL)
Reason
Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
Recall initiation date
July 21, 2025
Report date
September 3, 2025
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
April 3, 2026
Distribution pattern
KY, OH, PA
UPC, lot, and code information
Lot Code: 251661 JUL 16 2025 VAT A (on 40 lb. blocks)
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
Telephone
Source last updated
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Other products recalled under this same event
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FDA Recall🇺🇸 United StatesTerminatedTerminated: April 3, 2026Historical recordClass I
Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative
Product
1) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op Monterey Jack Cheese, 8…
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State
Distributed
Kentucky
1
Ohio
1
Pennsylvania
1
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