Sargento Foods, Inc. Recall: Sargento Foods Inc. was notified by their supplier that the cheese that was supplied may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

🇺🇸 United States

1. February 10, 2017 - Recall initiated
2. March 29, 2017 - Reported by source
3. August 3, 2017 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-1646-2017

Event ID

76461

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Sargento Foods, Inc.

Product description

Sargento Sliced Colby-Jack Cheese, 12 oz., UPC 4610000109 with Sell By date of 11JUN17B & 01MAY17B.

Quantity

116,554 cases / 2,467,145 units for all products

Reason

Sargento Foods Inc. was notified by their supplier that the cheese that was supplied may have been contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Recall initiation date

February 10, 2017

Report date

March 29, 2017

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

August 3, 2017

Distribution pattern

USA: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, PR, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI. OUS: GUATEMALA, MEXICO, PANAMA, NASSAU

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 4610000109; Sell By date of 11JUN17B, 01MAY17B

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 76461 with 9 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Sargento Foods, Inc.

Other recalls from Sargento 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
Alabama	1
Arkansas	1
Arizona	1
California	1
Colorado	1
Connecticut	1
Florida	1
Georgia	1
Iowa	1
Illinois	1
Indiana	1
Kansas	1
Louisiana	1
Massachusetts	1
Maryland	1
Maine	1
Michigan	1
Minnesota	1
Missouri	1
North Carolina	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	1
Nevada	1
New York	1
Ohio	1
Oklahoma	1
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	1
South Carolina	1
Puerto Rico	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Vermont	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

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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?

A situation in which there is a reasonable probability that use of or exposure to a product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

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