Enforcement Report - Week of January 16, 2013
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Event Detail
| Event ID | 63425 |
|---|---|
| Product Type | Food/Cosmetics |
| Status | Ongoing |
| Recalling Firm | Whole Foods Market Brand 365, Llc |
| City | Austin |
| State | TX |
| Country | US |
| Voluntary/Mandated | Voluntary: Firm Initiated |
| Recall Initiation Date | 2012-10-05 |
| Initial Firm Notification of Consignee or Public | Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit |
| Distribution Pattern | KY |
Product Detail
| Product Description | Code Info | Classification | Reason for Recall | Product Quantity | Recall Number |
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| Kentucky Bleu cheese was sold in the Louisville, KY, Whole Foods Market store, and was cut and packaged in clear plastic wrap. It was sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label reading 'Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese KY BL. | The Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese KY BL has a PLU of 209578 and includes all 'sell by' dates, which are noted on the scale label. | Class I | Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese KY BL sold in its Louisville, KY store and Blue Kentucky Rose Kenny's cheese sold in its Nashville, TN store. These cheeses are being recalled because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. To date, no illnesses have been reported. This recall is in response to a recall by Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese of Austin, Kentucky. | 1.21 lbs | F-0868-2013 |
| The Blue Kentucky Rose cheese sold in the Nashville, TN, Whole Foods Market store was cut and packaged in clear plastic wrap. It was sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label reading 'Blue Kentucky Rose Kenny's. | The Blue Kentucky Rose Kenny's had a PLU of 71113 and includes all sell by dates, which are noted on the scale label. | Class I | Whole Foods Market announces that it is recalling Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese KY BL sold in its Louisville, KY store and Blue Kentucky Rose Kenny's cheese sold in its Nashville, TN store. These cheeses are being recalled because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer only short-term symptoms such as high fever, severe headache, stiffness, nausea, abdominal pain and diarrhea, Listeria infection can cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women. To date, no illnesses have been reported. This recall is in response to a recall by Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese of Austin, Kentucky. | 0 lbs - it was found that the TN store never received the recalled lots | F-0869-2013 |
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