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-0928-2024

Event ID

93814

Status

Ongoing

Classification

Class I

Company

Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese

Product description

Monterey Jack Conventional (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

PLU Batch ID 40200 1DZ-23249 40200 2DY-23249 40200 3DX-23249 40200 4CW-23249 40200 1DY-23279 40200 2DX-23279 40200 3CW-23279 40200 4CZ-23279 40200 1DZ-23283 40200 2DY-23283 40200 3CW-23283 40200 4CZ-23283 40200 2EY-23284 40200 3EX-23284 40200 4EW-23284 40200 1EX-23314 40200 2DW-23314 40200 3DZ-23314 40200 4DY-23314 40200 1DZ-24019 40200 2EY-24019 40200 3EX-24019 40200 4EW-24019 40200 1CY-24027 40200 2DX-24027 40200 3DW-24027 40200 4DZ-24027

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.

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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