Old Europe Cheese, Inc. Recall: potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

🇺🇸 United States

1. September 28, 2022 - Recall initiated
2. November 9, 2022 - Reported by source
3. January 27, 2023 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0115-2023

Event ID

90944

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Old Europe Cheese, Inc.

Product description

BLACK BEAR 6 lb Black Bear Wheel no UPC BLOCK AND BARREL 2.2 lb Block and Barrel Brie UPC 078982603281 BLOCK AND BARREL 6.6 lb Block and Barrel Brie no UPC CHARMANT 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 033421023860 COBBLESTONE 2.2 lb Cobblestone Brie Wheel UPC 822486179809 CULINARY TOUR 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 011225005145 CULINARY TOUR 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, wedges, saran wrapped no UPC FREDERICKS 8 oz Brie - dbl cr¿me, wedges, saran wrapped no UPC FRESH THYME 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 841330111994 FRESH THYME 8 oz Brie - wedges, saran wrapped no UPC FRESH THYME 8 oz Camembert-Traditionnel rounds UPC 841330111970 GLENVIEW FARMS 2.2 lb Brie - double cr¿me, whole wheel UPC 758108121355 GLENVIEW FARMS 3.25 lb Brie-double cr¿me, rectangular RW UPC 758108670150 GOOD AND GATHER TRIPLE CR¿ME 8 oz Good and Gather Wheel UPC 085239047620 JOAN OF ARC 8 oz Joan of Arc Double Cream Wedge UPC 711565204993 JOAN OF ARC 8 oz Joan of Arc Double Creme Wheel UPC 711565112236 JOAN OF ARC 14 oz Joan of Arc Brie Wheel UPC 711565129111 JOAN OF ARC 8 oz Joan of Arc Camembert Wheel UPC 711565112243 JOAN OF ARC 8 oz Joan of Arc Slicing Brie UPC 711565200520 LA BONNE VIE 14 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 820581678678 LA BONNE VIE 2.2 lb Brie - double cr¿me, whole wheel UPC 820581678685 LA BONNE VIE 6.5 lb Brie - double cr¿me, whole wheel RW UPC 820581678692 LA BONNE VIE 7 oz Brie - double cr¿me, wedges, foil wrapped UPC 820581678654 LA BONNE VIE 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 820581678531 LA BONNE VIE 8 oz Camembert - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 820581678616 LIFE IN PROVENCE 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 787984111952 LIFE IN PROVENCE 8 oz Camembert - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 787984111907 LIDL 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 4056489151739 MATRIE 'D 2.2 lb Matrie'd Wheel UPC 780487488422 MARKET 32 14 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 41735052865 MARKET 32 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 41735052834 MARKET 32 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, wedges, saran wrapped UPC 41735052872 MARKET 32 8 oz Camembert - Traditionnel double cr¿me, rounds UPC 41735052841 PRIMO TAGLIO 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 021130045679 PRIMO TAGLIO 8 oz Brie - slicing rectangle UPC 021130098453 RED APPLE 7 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 604262030005 RED APPLE 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, wedges, saran wrapped UPC 604262030036 Reny Picot 1 lb Brie - double cr¿me, slicing rectangle UPC 033421024201 Reny Picot 14 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 033421022757 Reny Picot 14 oz Camembert - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 033421022795 Reny Picot 2.2lb Charmant - double cr¿me, whole wheel no UPC Reny Picot 2.2 lb Brie - double cr¿me, whole wheel no UPC Reny Picot 3.25 lb Brie - double cr¿me, rectangular no UPC Reny Picot 6.5 lb Brie - double cr¿me, whole wheel RW - RENY PICOT no UPC Reny Picot 6.5 lb Camembert - double cr¿me, whole wheel no UPC Reny Picot 7 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds no cups no label no UPC Reny Picot 7 oz Brie - double cr¿me, wedges, foil wrapped UPC 033421022417 Reny Picot 8 oz Brie - dbl cr¿me, wedges, saran wrap RW no UPC Reny Picot 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 033421022863 Reny Picot 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, slicing rectangle UPC 033421024300 Reny Picot 8 oz Brie - wedges, saran wrapped UPC 033421022313 Reny Picot 8 oz Camembert - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 033421022900 Reny Picot 8 oz Camembert - Traditionnel double cr¿me, rounds UPC 033421024904 ST RANDEAUX 14 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 636625003401 ST RANDEAUX 2.2 lb Brie - double cr¿me, whole wheel no UPC ST RANDEAUX 6.5 lb Brie - double cr¿me, whole wheel RW no UPC ST RANDEAUX 8 oz Brie - double cr¿me, rounds UPC 636625003418 ST RANDEAUX 8 oz Camembert - Traditionnel, rounds UPC 636625003425 TASTE OF INSPIRATION 8 oz Brie - wedges, saran wrapped no UPC TRADER JOE 8 oz Trader Joe Slicing UPC 00505086

Quantity

959181 pieces

Reason

potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes

Recall initiation date

September 28, 2022

Report date

November 9, 2022

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

January 27, 2023

Distribution pattern

AR AZ CA CO FL GA IL IN LA MA MD MI MN MO NC NJ NY OH OR PA TX UT VA WA WI and Mexico

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 078982603281; Best By Dates ranging from September 28, 2022 to December 14, 2022

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Telephone

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 90944 with 9 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Old Europe Cheese, Inc.

Other recalls from Old Europe Cheese, Inc.

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
Arkansas	1
Arizona	1
California	1
Colorado	1
Florida	1
Georgia	1
Illinois	1
Indiana	1
Louisiana	1
Massachusetts	1
Maryland	1
Michigan	1
Minnesota	1
Missouri	1
North Carolina	1
New Jersey	1
New York	1
Ohio	1
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	1
Texas	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Washington	1
Wisconsin	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

Where this information comes from

View FDA enforcement record -- the specific openFDA record this summary was built from.

No separate FDA public notice was found for this enforcement record. The information below comes from FDA's Recall Enterprise System through openFDA.

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Technical source data

View raw source data -- the machine-readable record this page's information was built from.

Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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