Exact FDA event identifier

Event 73306

1 recalled-product record grouped only because every row carries this exact official event ID.

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Event summary

Timeline bucket: February 08, 2016
Product types: Food
Classifications: Class I
Statuses: Terminated
Recalling firm wording: Forever Cheese

Dossier provenance

Source snapshots represented here

openFDA Food Enforcement Report-date coverage June 20, 2012–July 08, 2026 Known gap: openFDA describes 2004-present coverage, but the current export has no report-date records in this interval.

Enforcement coverage uses report dates; product initiation dates can precede those bounds. Device-enrichment coverage uses FDA event_date_initiated.

How coverage and grouping work

Device root-cause evidence is not applicable to this event. No grouped product has the official product type device; this is not an unavailable-enrichment finding.

Complete imported group

Every recalled product in this event

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food · product 1 of 1

Mitica brand PECORINO AGED IN WALNUTS LEAVES (PECORINO FOGLIE di NOCI), SEMI-HARD SHEEP'S MILK CHEESE, Minimum Weight 2 lbs. -- Product of Romagna - Italy --- Imported by Forever Cheese, L.I.C., NY 11106 --- There are 2 wheels of cheese per shipping case.

F-2624-2016

Recall number: F-2624-2016
Initiated: February 08, 2016
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Recalling firm: Forever Cheese
Quantity: 31 cases (80 wheels)

App-derived interpretation

Microbial contamination reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0

contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

These labels are deterministic app interpretations, not FDA categories.

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Reason for recall

The Mitica brand Aged Pecorino Cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes based on private laboratory testing.

Code information

Production Code NOC15313 (found on shipping case only), invoiced as Lot X2537

Distribution pattern

California, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Colorado, Vermont, Virginia, Florida and Connecticut