Food FDA Class I Ongoing Pathogen contamination
Goot Essa, Der Mutterschaf Cheese, Sheep Tomme Style. 4 and 8 OZ. ( Pasteurized Sheep Milk, Salt, Vegetable Enzymes, Cheese Cultures ).
GOOT ESSA, LLC Published Oct 8, 2025
Risk level
Class IDangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.
Severity score 95/100
What should you do?
- Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
- Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
- Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
- Contact GOOT ESSA, LLC or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
The firm had a positive Listeria Monocytogenes on a sample from this batch of product made.
Hazards
Listeria monocytogenes · primary
Affected products (1)
Goot Essa, Der Mutterschaf Cheese, Sheep Tomme Style. 4 and 8 OZ. ( Pasteurized Sheep Milk, Salt, Vegetable Enzymes, Cheese Cultures ).
62 lbs
Code info: Batch #33, manufactured at plant #26476, exp. 12/24/2025
Affected areas
ConnecticutMontanaNew JerseyVirginia
Timeline
- InitiatedSep 10, 2025
- PublishedOct 8, 2025
- Recall number
- H-0647-2025
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Country
- US
FDA records come from the openFDA food enforcement-report dataset — the agency's full weekly enforcement list. Most entries are not issued as consumer press releases, so they won't appear on fda.gov/recalls or in a web search. The source record link above resolves this exact recall by its number.