Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese Recall: Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

🇺🇸 United States

1. January 11, 2024 - Recall initiated
2. February 7, 2024 - Reported by source

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0920-2024

Event ID

93814

Status

Ongoing

Classification

Class I

Company

Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

Product description

Rizo Bros. Oaxaca 8 oz. UPC 7-27242-00334-6 Tio Francisco Oaxaca 12 oz. UPC 7-27242-12332-7 Tio Francisco Oaxaca 14 oz. UPC 7-27242-00532-6 Food City Oaxaca 16 oz. Tio Francisco, San Carlos Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Tio Francisco Oaxaca (shred) Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Oaxaca (bulk)

Quantity

Reason

Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Recall initiation date

January 11, 2024

Report date

February 7, 2024

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

Not terminated as of this source record

Distribution pattern

U.S. distribution to the following: AR, AZ, BC, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, MD, NC,NJ, NV, NY, OR, RI, TX, UT, VA, WA, W No foreign distribution.

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 7-27242-00334-6; All dates through 05/02/2024 Oaxaca (bulk) PLU Batch ID 331 1AY-23307 331 1BY-23307 331 2AX-23307 331 2BX-23307 331 3AW-23307 331 3BW-23307 331 4AZ-23307 331 4BZ-23307 12331 3FZ-23310 331 3FZ-23310 331 1AY-23311 331 1BY-23311 331 2AX-23311 331 2BX-23311 331 3AW-23311 331 3BW-23311 331 4AZ-23311 331 4BZ-23311 56331 3EX-23311 56375 3DX-23311 331 3FW-23313 331 4FZ-23313 331 1CW-23314 331 2BZ-23314 331 3BY-23314 331 4BX-23314 331 4CX-23314 56331 2AW-23315 56331 4AY-23315 12331 2CY-23317 331 2CY-23317 331 3CX-23317 331 4BW-23317 331 1CW-23321 331 2BZ-23321 331 3BY-23321 331 4BX-23321 331 4CX-23321 12331 4BZ-23322 331 1AY-23322 331 1BY-23322 331 2AX-23322 331 2BX-23322 331 3AW-23322 331 3BW-23322 331 4AZ-23322 331 4BZ-23322 331 2EY-23324 337 4FW-23324 12331 4FY-23331 331 4FY-23331 331 1AY-23332 331 1BY-23332 331 2AX-23332 331 2BX-23332 331 3AW-23332 331 3BW-23332 331 4AZ-23332 331 4BZ-23332 331 3FW-23334 331 1AY-23335 331 1BY-23335 331 2AX-23335 331 2BX-23335 331 3AW-23335 331 3BW-23335 331 4AZ-23335 331 4BZ-23335 331 4FY-23338 337 3GZ-23338 331 1AX-23339 331 1BX-23339 331 2AW-23339 331 2BW-23339 331 3AZ-23339 331 4AY-23339 331 4BY-23339 331 1AY-23342 331 2AX-23342 331 3AW-23342 331 3BW-23342 331 4AZ-23342 51375 3BW-23342 56331 1BZ-23342 12331 3AW-23346 331 1AY-23346 331 1BY-23346 331 2AX-23346 331 2BX-23346 331 3AW-23346 331 3BW-23346 331 4AZ-23346 331 4BZ-23346 331 1AY-23349 331 1BX-23349 331 2AX-23349 331 2BW-23349 331 2CZ-23349 331 3AW-23349 331 3BZ-23349 331 3CY-23349 331 1AY-23350 331 1BX-23350 331 2AX-23350 331 2BW-23350 331 2CZ-23350 331 3AW-23350 331 3BZ-23350 331 3CY-23350 56331 1DX-23350 56375 3EY-23350 12331 4BZ-23353 331 1AY-23353 331 1BY-23353 331 2AX-23353 331 2BX-23353 331 3AW-23353 331 3BW-23353 331 4AZ-23353 331 4BZ-23353 331 1FY-23354 331 2EZ-23354 331 4FW-23354 331 1FZ-23355 331 2FY-23355 331 1AZ-23361 331 2AY-23361 331 2BY-23361 331 3AX-23361 331 3BX-23361 331 4BW-23361 331 4CW-23361 331 1AY-23364 331 2BZ-23364 331 3BY-23364 331 3CY-23364 331 4AZ-23364 337 2CZ-23364 12331 4BZ-24003 331 1AY-24003 331 1BY-24003 331 2AX-24003 331 2BX-24003 331 3AW-24003 331 3BW-24003 331 4AZ-24003 331 4BZ-24003 331 1AY-24006 331 2AX-24006 331 3AW-24006 331 4AZ-24006 331 1BZ-24008 331 2BY-24008 331 3BX-24008 331 4BW-24008 331 4CW-24008 331 1AY-24010 331 1BY-24010 331 2AX-24010 331 2BX-24010 331 3AW-24010 331 3BW-24010 331 4AZ-24010 331 4BZ-24010 331 2BY-24011 331 3BX-24011 51375 2CY-24011 56375 3CX-24011 331 1AZ-24016 331 2AY-24016 331 3AX-24016 331 4AW-24016 12331 4BZ-24020 331 1AY-24020 331 1BY-24020 331 2AX-24020 331 2BX-24020 331 3AW-24020 331 3BW-24020 331 4AZ-24020 331 4BZ-24020 12331 3CX-24023 331 1AZ-24023 331 1BZ-24023 331 2AY-24023 331 2BY-24023 331 3AX-24023 331 3BX-24023 331 3CX-24023 331 4AW-24023 331 4BW-24023 331 4CW-24023 331 1AZ-24025 331 1BZ-24025 331 2AY-24025 331 2BY-24025 331 3AX-24025 331 3BX-24025 331 3CX-24025 331 4AW-24025 331 4BW-24025 331 4CW-24025 331 1AW-24030 331 1BW-24030 331 2AZ-24030 331 3AY-24030 331 4AX-24030 12331 4BX-24033 331 1AW-24033 331 1BW-24033 331 2AZ-24033 331 2BZ-24033 331 3AY-24033 331 3BY-24033 331 4AX-24033 331 4BX-24033 56331 1EZ-23326

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

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 93814 with 9 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

Other recalls from Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

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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
Iowa	1
Illinois	1
Kansas	1
Maryland	1
North Carolina	1
New Jersey	1
Nevada	1
New York	1
Oregon	1
Rhode Island	1
Texas	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Washington	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.

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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