MDS Foods Inc Recall: Potential cross contamination from a of product collected by the State Department of Agriculture which tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes

🇺🇸 United States

1. February 4, 2017 - Recall initiated
2. March 29, 2017 - Reported by source

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-1703-2017

Event ID

76441

Status

Ongoing

Classification

Class I

Company

MDS Foods Inc

Product description

Muenster Cheese packaged as: (a) AMISH CLASSICS Muenster RW End Chunks, Item 61243, 12 lbs, no UPC (b) AMISH CLASSICS Muenster RW square, Item 61244, 8 oz, no UPC (c) Deli Made EZ Muenster St Pk .75 oz Slice, Item 61552, 1.5 lbs, UPC 828653615521 (d) Meijer Muenster EW Square, Item 61758, 8 oz, UPC 886926375735 (e) Old Tyme Muenster EW Square, Item 61703, 8 oz, UPC 94776102242

Quantity

4598.58 lbs

Reason

Potential cross contamination from a of product collected by the State Department of Agriculture which tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes

Recall initiation date

February 4, 2017

Report date

March 29, 2017

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

Not terminated as of this source record

Distribution pattern

FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 828653615521; Lot Numbers: (a) Best if used by: 273-16, 319-16, 341-16 (b) Best if used by: 3/28/2017, 5/13/2017, 6/4/2017 (c) Best if used by: 328-16 (d) Best if used by: 3/28/2017, 5/13/2017, 6/10/2017 (e) Best if used by: 6/4/2017

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

E-Mail

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 76441 with 10 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: MDS Foods Inc

Other recalls from MDS 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
Florida	1
Georgia	1
Illinois	1
Indiana	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	1
Massachusetts	1
Michigan	1
Missouri	1
Ohio	1
Pennsylvania	1
South Carolina	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	1
Utah	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

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