WHOLE FOODS MARKET Recall: Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

🇺🇸 United States

1. March 8, 2017 - Recall initiated
2. April 19, 2017 - Reported by source
3. April 19, 2017 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-1872-2017

Event ID

76682

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

WHOLE FOODS MARKET

Product description

Vulto Creamery Walton Umber raw milk cheese cut and wrapped in clear plastic

Quantity

2.75 lbs

Reason

Possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

Recall initiation date

March 8, 2017

Report date

April 19, 2017

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

April 19, 2017

Distribution pattern

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Jersey and New York

UPC, lot, and code information

"sell by" dates from 01/02/2017 to 04/02/2017.

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 76682 with 4 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: WHOLE FOODS MARKET

Other recalls from WHOLE FOODS MARKET

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.

FDA Enforcement Reports -- FDA's general, official recall and enforcement information.

Technical source data

View raw source data -- the machine-readable record this page's information was built from.

Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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