Colby Cheese
Food recall F-1694-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 29, 2017.
- FDA Class I
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 29, 2017. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class I FDA’s most serious class (needs attention)
- Ongoing its status, in FDA’s file
- 15 states named in where it went
- 10019.1 lbs 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?
Sample of product collected by the State Department of Agriculture tested positive for Listeria Monocytogenes
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Colby Cheese packaged as follows: (a) AMISH CLASSICS, DELI HORN, Item 55209, NET WT 6 LBS, UPC 0 08 28653 55209 3 (b) AMISH CLASSICS, FULLMOON(R), Item 55241, approximately 8 oz, UPC 828653552413 (c) AMISH CLASSICS EW FULL MOON, ITEM 55245, 8 oz, UPC 828653552451 (d) 8/2# RW Deli Readi Colby Mini Cheese Slices, ITEM 55831, 2 lbs., UPC 634660 628597 (e) Deli Made EZ(R) Slices, NET WT1.5 LB (681g), Item 55553, UPC 8 28653 55554 4 (f) Meijer Colby Cheese DELI HORN, Item 55755, 6 lbs., no UPC (g) Amish Classics Colby RW Halfmoon, Item 55244, 8 oz, no UPC (h) Meijer Colby EW Halfmoon, Item 55758, 8 oz, UPC 7 13733 34047 2 (i) RW Deli Readi Colby 1/2 Moon Slices, Item 55830, 1 lb, UPC 6 34660 62872 6 (j) Old Tyme Colby EW Halfmoon, Item 55703, 8 oz, UPC 8 28653 10555 8 (k) AMISH CLASSICS Colby Longhorn, Item 55523, 15 lbs, no UPC (l) Dietz & Watson Colby Mini Horn, Item 55740, 6 lbs, no UPC (m) Troyer Colby EW Halfmoon, Item 55840, 8 oz, UPC 04964693609 (n) Troyer Colby EW Full Moon, Item 55841, 8 oz, UPC 049646936045 (o) Troyer Colby RW Halfmoon, Item 55842, 8 oz, no UPC
10019.1 lbs, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
(a) Lot Numbers: Sell By: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (b) Lot Numbers: Best if Used By: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (c) Lot Numbers: Best if Used By: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (d) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through…
Every code shown here, 957 characters
(a) Lot Numbers: Sell By: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (b) Lot Numbers: Best if Used By: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (c) Lot Numbers: Best if Used By: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (d) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (e) Lot number 335-16, Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (f) Lot Numbers: Sell by Date: 05/02/2017, 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (g) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (h) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (i) Lot Numbers: USE BY: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (j) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (k) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (l) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (m) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (n) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017 (o) Lot Numbers: Best if used by: 02/28/2017 through 08/14/2017
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
00828653552093 -
UPC
828653552413 -
UPC
828653552451 -
UPC
634660628597 -
UPC
828653555544 -
UPC
713733340472 -
UPC
634660628726 -
UPC
828653105558 -
UPC
04964693609 -
UPC
049646936045
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.
FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MI, MO, MC, OH, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT
The states and territories these words name
15 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Florida
- Georgia
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Missouri
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
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 Feb 4, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Mar 23, 2017.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 29, 2017.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- MDS Foods Inc, of Massillion, OH.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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.
- 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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