Food recall: Bleating Heart Cheese, Ewelicious Blue, Sheep Milk Blue Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw…
Class I FDA enforcement event 70033. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
FDA samples found the presence of Listeria Monocytogenes in three varieties of 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
Bleating Heart Cheese LLC started this food recall on 17 Dec 2014. The firm address in the FDA record is in Tomales, CA. FDA put the recall in Class I. FDA event 70033 has 10 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 11 Feb 2015. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 2 Feb 2015.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
CA, NV, WA, AZ, LA, PA
Recalling firm
Bleating Heart Cheese LLC, Tomales, CA.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
10 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0946-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Ewelicious Blue, Sheep Milk Blue Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 2588 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0947-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Fat Bottom Girl Curvacious Sheep Milk Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 5702 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0948-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Goldette Tommette Semi Firm Jersey Milk Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Semi Firm Jersey Milk Cheese Ingredients: Raw jersey cow milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 1217 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0949-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Buff Blue; Water Buffalo milk Blue Cheese Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 482 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0950-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Double Down Blue - Mixed Milk Blue Cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw Jersey cow and sheep milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 212 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0951-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Buff Ewe Blue - Sheep and Buffalo milk blue cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep and water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 215 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0952-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Funky Bleats - Mixed milk cheese with funk. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep and goat milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 915 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0953-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Mixtress - Mixed milk natural rind cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, raw jersey cow milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 1537 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0954-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Moolicious Blue - Natural rind blue cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 1750 lbs. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
| F-0955-2015 | Bleating Heart Cheese, Shepherdista - Natural rind sheep milk cheese. Handcrafted with whimsy in California; Ingredients: Raw water buffalo milk, salt, cultures, rennet. Aged 2 months or more. | 1178 lba. | Class I | Terminated | 11 Feb 2015 |
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Class I: The highest of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2014
- 573
- Share of these events in Class I
- 50%
- Product records in this event
- 10
- Events of the firm on the register
- 1
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-0946-2015The FDA record of the first product of this event.
- FDA: recalls, market withdrawals and safety alertsThe recall notices on the FDA site.
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Cite this page
Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 70033. https://recallregister.com/fda/i/70033/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- openFDA food enforcement reports
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- 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:
CA, NV, WA, AZ, LA, PA
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 70033?
- The event has 10 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
2588 lbs.
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2014 have the same class?
- 50% of the 573 food events that started in 2014 are in Class I.