Food recall: Tumulo Farms, Pondhopper Cheese; any cut or partial wheels, wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked…
Class I FDA enforcement event 62710. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
State of CA Department of Agriculture sampled finished product and found Listeria monocytogenes in Pondhopper cheese. .
Class I, in the words of FDA
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
Tomales Bay Foods, Inc. started this food recall on 28 Jul 2012. The firm address in the FDA record is in Petaluma, CA. FDA put the recall in Class I. FDA event 62710 has 3 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 12 Dec 2012. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 6 Dec 2012.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
Part One: CA, VA, VT, WI, OR, UT and Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Holland, Greece. Part Two: Dates of Distribution: 6/2512 - 7/27/12 Pattern: CA, NC, FL
Recalling firm
Tomales Bay Foods, Inc., Petaluma, CA.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
3 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0797-2013 | Tumulo Farms, Pondhopper Cheese; any cut or partial wheels, wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked with magic marker and a Tomales Bay Foods sticker applied. Product is cut and packaged by Tomales Bay Foods, Petaluma, CA | 101.1 pounds | Class I | Terminated | 12 Dec 2012 |
| F-0798-2013 | Shepherd's Way Big Woods Blue cut wrapped in cheese paper with with type of cheese marked with magic marker and a Tomales Bay Foods sticker applied. Product is cut and packaged by Tomales Bay Foods, Petaluma, CA | 31.9 pounds | Class I | Terminated | 12 Dec 2012 |
| F-1985-2012 | Tomales Bay Foods brand Artisan Cheese in PARTIAL WHEELS of Cheese, from cheese makers in US (VA, VT, Ca, WI, OR, WA and UT) and Ireland, Italy, Switzerland, France, Holland and Greece. Varieties include Appalachian, Coolea, Cabot clothbound Cheddar, Big Rock Blue, Goat Gouda, Holey Cow, Big Woods Blue, Fiore Sardo,,… | 562.74 pounds original recall, 101.1 pounds of Pondhopper and 31.41 pounds of Big Woods Blue | Class II | Terminated | 12 Dec 2012 |
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Class I: The highest of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2012
- 515
- Share of these events in Class I
- 52%
- Product records in this event
- 3Median of the firm: 3
- Events of the firm on the register
- 2
Other events of the firm
| Initiated | Product (first record) | Type | Class | Records |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 Mar 2017 | Miranda, 5 lb. wrapped in paper; Vulto Creamery, Walton, NY. | Food | Class I | 3 |
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-0797-2013The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 62710. https://recallregister.com/fda/i/62710/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
Sources
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- Export date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Newest FDA report date on the register
- 23 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Where was the product distributed?
- The FDA record gives this distribution:
Part One: CA, VA, VT, WI, OR, UT and Italy, Spain, Switzerland, France, Holland, Greece. Part Two: Dates of Distribution: 6/2512 - 7/27/12 Pattern: CA, NC, FL
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 62710?
- The event has 3 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
101.1 pounds
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2012 have the same class?
- 52% of the 515 food events that started in 2012 are in Class I.