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-0922-2024

Event ID

93814

Status

Ongoing

Classification

Class I

Company

Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

Product description

Tio Francisco Queso Para Freir 16 oz. Tio Francisco Queso Para Freir Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Freir (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

All dates through 04/17/2024 Freir (bulk) PLU Batch ID 101 1EW-23312 101 1DY-23313 101 2EW-23319 101 2EW-23320 101 3EW-23325 101 3EY-23333 101 4EW-23334 101 1EX-23345 101 2DY-23354 101 1EX-23362 101 2EX-24004 101 4EW-24018 101 1EW-24026

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

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
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.

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

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

Frequently asked questions

What does a Class I mean?

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