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Food product

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

February 08, 2016

Class I

Product summary

Firm
Forever Cheese
Event
Event 73306
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class I
Quantity
31 cases (80 wheels)
Official record key
food-enforcement:F-2624-2016

Official wording

Reason: 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

Derived failure modes

  • Microbial contamination

    reason.microbial_contamination · v1.0.0

    contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes