Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. Recall: Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled Cotija cheese was repackaged into finished wholesale and retail RTE products.

🇺🇸 United States

1. February 6, 2024 - Recall initiated
2. March 27, 2024 - Reported by source
3. July 5, 2024 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-1091-2024

Event ID

93961

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.

Product description

Item 404764, KIT EM CHICKEN STREET TACO DP EXPRESS MEAL 6/22 OZ, UPC 7111712500. The following Taco Kits were distributed to consignees with instructions for assembly at retail store kitchen: Item 406987, KIT OP CHICKEN TACO MINI SINGLE SERVE ON PREMISE NO TRAYS 2/2.4925 LB, UPC 1345438444. Item 407012, KIT OP CHICKEN TACO MINI SINGLE SERVE ON PREMISE WITH TRAYS 2/2.4925 LB, UPC 1345438460. Item 404894, KIT OP CHICKEN TACO SINGLE SERVE ON PREMISE NO TRAYS 1/4.9875 LB, UPC 1345438162. Item 404700 KIT OP PREMIUM CHICKEN STREET TACO ON PREMISE WITH TRAYS 2/4.9875 LB, UPC 1345438075. Item 404711, KIT OP STREET TACO CHICKEN ON PREMISE NO TRAY DP 2/4.985 LB, UPC 1345438082. Item 404710, KIT OP STREET TACO CHICKEN ON PREMISE WITH TRAY DP 2/4.985 LB, UPC 1345438080. Item 406581, KIT OP STREET TACO CHICKEN ON PREMISE WITH TRAY HOME CHEF 2/4.985 LB, UPC 4013430435.

Quantity

Item 404764 DP Express Meal Kit = 1236 kits; Other Taco Kits = 24,582 kits

Reason

Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled Cotija cheese was repackaged into finished wholesale and retail RTE products.

Recall initiation date

February 6, 2024

Report date

March 27, 2024

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

July 5, 2024

Distribution pattern

Distributed in CA, CT, FL, ID, IL, MD, MT, NJ, NV, OR, PA, SD, TX, UT, VA, and WA.

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 7111712500; ***Item 404764 DP Express Meal Kit has the Use By Dates between 12/12/2023 and 03/17/2024 and has the following Lot Codes: 165299 165763 165764 166683 166684 167637 168019 168020 168918 169315 169712 170163 170602 170603 171490 Other Taco Kits have the Use By Dates between 11/29/2023 and 3/21/2024 and have the following Lot Codes: 165227 165228 165292 165316 165317 165318 165369 165753 165755 165757 165774 165782 165783 165784 165834 166178 166228 166231 166234 166250 166252 166345 166352 166572 166670 166672 166673 166674 166675 166702 166705 166706 166779 167082 167127 167169 167171 167172 167173 167185 167191 167248 167548 167549 167551 167603 167605 167612 167614 167616 167674 167676 168010 168011 168013 168030 168039 168040 168093 168109 168413 168458 168462 168463 168477 168478 168487 168489 168549 168856 168857 168908 168910 168911 168930 168931 168937 168939 169012 169109 169303 169307 169308 169309 169310 169337 169338 169393 169596 169703 169708 169717 169721 169722 169723 169861 169862 170150 170154 170155 170157 170172 170174 170181 170183 170245 170590 170593 170595 170597 170613 170619 170620 170678 170948 171052 171053 171056 171059 171061 171075 171081 171083 171129 171254 171346 171477 171481 171483 171503 171513 171567

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 93961 with 5 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.

Other recalls from Reser's Fine Foods, 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
California	1
Connecticut	1
Florida	1
Idaho	1
Illinois	1
Maryland	1
Montana	1
New Jersey	1
Nevada	1
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	1
South Dakota	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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