Food FDA Class I Terminated Pathogen contamination

1) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op Monterey Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, 5 lb. loaves, and 40 lb. blocks, packaged in plastic 2) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op Farmers Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, 5 lb. loaves, and 40 lb. blocks, packaged in plastic

Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative Published Sep 3, 2025

Risk level

Class I

Dangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.

Severity score 90/100

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 Middlefield Original Cheese Cooperative or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.

Reason for recall

Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Hazards

Listeria monocytogenes · primary

Affected products (1)

1) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op Monterey Jack Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, 5 lb. loaves, and 40 lb. blocks, packaged in plastic 2) Middlefield Original Cheese Co-op Farmers Cheese, 8 oz. individual units, 5 lb. loaves, and 40 lb. blocks, packaged in plastic

640 pounds

Lot codes: Codes

Code info: Lot Codes: 251672 (8 oz. pieces and 5 lb. loaves) Jul 16 2025 B (40 lb. blocks)

Affected areas

KentuckyOhioPennsylvania

Timeline

Initiated

Jul 21, 2025
Published

Sep 3, 2025
Terminated

Apr 3, 2026

Recall number: H-0530-2025
Agency: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Country: US

Source data (openFDA JSON) About FDA enforcement reports

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.