Bleating Heart Cheese LLC recalled multiple varieties of its handcrafted raw-milk cheeses because FDA testing found Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Listeria infection can cause serious illness, especially in pregnant women, young children, and immunocompromised individuals.
Class I — A reasonable probability that eating this product will cause serious health problems or death.
Bleating Heart Cheese, Ewelicious Blue, Sheep Milk Blue Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Fat Bottom Girl Curvacious Sheep Milk Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Goldette Tommette Semi Firm Jersey Milk Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Semi Firm Jersey Milk Cheese Ingredients: Raw jersey cow milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Buff Blue; Water Buffalo milk Blue Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Double Down Blue - Mixed Milk Blue Cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw Jersey cow and sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Buff Ewe Blue - Sheep and Buffalo milk blue cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep and water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Funky Bleats - Mixed milk cheese with funk. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep and goat milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Mixtress - Mixed milk natural rind cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, raw jersey cow milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Moolicious Blue - Natural rind blue cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.; Bleating Heart Cheese, Shepherdista - Natural rind sheep milk cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more.
FDA samples found the presence of Listeria Monocytogenes in three varieties of cheese.
| Recall # | Product | Lot / code | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| F-0946-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Ewelicious Blue, Sheep Milk Blue Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0947-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Fat Bottom Girl Curvacious Sheep Milk Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0948-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Goldette Tommette Semi Firm Jersey Milk Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Semi Firm Jersey Milk Cheese Ingredients: Raw jersey cow milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0949-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Buff Blue; Water Buffalo milk Blue Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0950-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Double Down Blue - Mixed Milk Blue Cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw Jersey cow and sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0951-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Buff Ewe Blue - Sheep and Buffalo milk blue cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep and water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0952-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Funky Bleats - Mixed milk cheese with funk. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep and goat milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0953-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Mixtress - Mixed milk natural rind cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, raw jersey cow milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0954-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Moolicious Blue - Natural rind blue cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
| F-0955-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Shepherdista - Natural rind sheep milk cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | All product produced between February 14, 2014 (coded 14-0214) and September 19, 2014 (coded 14-0919). | Terminated |
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