Rizo Bros Cotija (Grated) 8 oz
Food recall F-0916-2024. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 7, 2024.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Feb 7, 2024. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- 20 states named in where it went
- 344 cases how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class I, the most serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Dangerous or defective products that predictably could cause serious health problems or death. Examples include: food found to contain botulinum toxin, food with undeclared allergens, a label mix-up on a lifesaving drug, or a defective artificial heart valve.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(1), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Rizo Bros Cotija (Grated) 8 oz. UPC 72724200043 7 oz. UPC 7-27242-14022-5 Tio Francisco, Casa Cardenas 9 oz. UPC 7-27242-00022-2 & 8-11371-27109-4 Rizo Bros Cotija 8 oz. UPC 7-27242-00043-7 Tio Francisco Cotija 14 oz. 7-27242-00517-3 Food City Cotija 16 oz. Tio Francisco Cotija (Grated) 20 oz. UPC 7-27242-00056-7 Tio Francisco, San Carlos Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Tio Francisco Cotija Enchilado 14 oz. UPC 7-27242-00535-7 Food City, Casa Cardenas Cotija Enchilado 16 oz. Tio Francisco Cotija Enchilado Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Tio Francisco Cotija Rallado 12 oz. UPC 7-27242-00021-5 Tio Francisco Cotija Rallado Available to consumers at retail deli counters in various sizes Cotija (Bulk and grated bulk)
344 cases, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
All dates through 07/31/2024 Bulk Products: PLU Batch ID 006 3FX-23219 031 1EZ-23219 42019 1EZ-23219 56010 2EY-23219 006 3FY-23220 001 4FX-23221 008 4FX-23221 019 1EW-23221 034 4FX-23221 019 1DX-23222 019 3EZ-23222 019 4EY-23222 019…
Every code shown here, 1,993 characters
All dates through 07/31/2024 Bulk Products: PLU Batch ID 006 3FX-23219 031 1EZ-23219 42019 1EZ-23219 56010 2EY-23219 006 3FY-23220 001 4FX-23221 008 4FX-23221 019 1EW-23221 034 4FX-23221 019 1DX-23222 019 3EZ-23222 019 4EY-23222 019 2FX-23223 004 4FZ-23226 011 1EX-23226 019 3FY-23226 019 4FZ-23226 031 3FY-23226 004 3FX-23227 004 4EW-23227 56010 1EZ-23227 56010 2EY-23227 031 4FX-23228 045 1EW-23228 12006 4FX-23228 42019 4FX-23228 004 1EZ-23229 019 1EZ-23229 019 2EY-23229 019 4FW-23229 031 1EZ-23229 031 4FW-23229 56010 3EX-23229 004 1EZ-23233 004 4FW-23233 011 3EX-23233 001 1EY-23234 006 4EZ-23234 008 1EY-23234 034 1EY-23234 019 2EZ-23235 019 3EY-23235 019 4EX-23235 42019 2EZ-23235 006 3FY-23236 019 1EW-23236 019 2EZ-23236 019 4FX-23236 12006 4FX-23236 019 1EX-23237 019 2EZ-23237 004 1EW-23240 004 3FY-23240 004 4FX-23240 019 1EW-23240 031 1EW-23240 56010 2EZ-23240 019 1EY-23241 019 3FX-23241 019 4EW-23241 030 2EZ-23241 56002 1DZ-23241 56002 3EX-23241 56002 4DW-23241 019 3FY-23242 031 3FY-23242 034 1EW-23242 001 1EW-23243 004 3FZ-23243 006 2FX-23243 008 1EW-23243 019 1EW-23243 019 3FZ-23243 031 1EW-23243 032 1EW-23243 12006 1EW-23243 56010 4EY-23243 004 2FX-23248 006 3FW-23248 011 1EY-23248 019 4EZ-23248 004 4EW-23249 006 3FX-23249 031 1EZ-23249 031 4EW-23249 12006 1EZ-23249 56002 4DW-23249 56006 3FX-23249 019 2FX-23250 019 3FW-23250 031 2FX-23250 004 2EZ-23254 045 1EW-23254 046 3EX-23254 004 1EY-23255 004 2FW-23255 004 3EZ-23255 42019 1EY-23255 56010 4EX-23255 019 1EZ-23256 031 1EZ-23256 031 3EX-23256 42019 3EX-23256 006 1EW-23257 12006 1EW-23257 008 3EZ-23261 019 2EW-23261 019 3EZ-23261 032 1EX-23261 034 1EX-23261 56010 4EY-23261 006 1FX-23262 006 2EW-23262 011 4EY-23262 019 2FX-23263 019 3FW-23263 031 3FW-23263 031 4EZ-23263 42019 4EZ-23263 019 3FY-23264 12006 4FX-23264 019 2FY-23265 019 3FX-23265 030 1DZ-23265 031 3FX-23265 004 2EY-23268 004 3FW-23268 006 4EZ-23268 031 2EY-23268 031 3FW-23268 56001 2EY-23268 56006 4EZ-23268 56010 1EX-23268 004 1EW-23269 004…
FDA’s list runs to 9,611 characters. The first part is shown; the rest is on FDA’s record.
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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UPC
727242000437 -
UPC
727242140225 -
UPC
727242000222 -
UPC
811371271094 -
UPC
727242000567 -
UPC
727242005357 -
UPC
727242000215
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
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.
The states and territories these words name
20 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Illinois
- Kansas
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- Nevada
- New York
- Oregon
- Rhode Island
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Ongoing, in FDA’s file.
“A recall which is currently in progress.”
openFDA, on “On-Going”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Jan 11, 2024.
- FDA classified it on Feb 23, 2024.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Feb 7, 2024.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Rizo Lopez Foods, Inc. dba Don Francisco Cheese, of Modesto, CA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- FDA’s list of codes runs to 9,611 characters; the first part is shown here, and the rest is on FDA’s record.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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