New York (JTA) — The World Cheese Company, producer of Haolam and Miller’s kosher cheese products, issued a voluntary recall of some shredded cheese packaged in a Wisconsin plant.
It is the first time in 110 years that the company has issued a recall, according to a Dec. 29 statement on the company’s website.
The recall comes after a packaging facility in Wisconsin that handles the shredding and packaging, and not production, of some Miller’s shredded products also packaged a different company’s cheese that was found to contain the deadly bacteria Listeria monocytogenes.
Miller’s products packaged in the same plant all tested negative for the bacteria.
The state of Wisconsin requested the voluntary recall of all the products shredded in the plant following the discovery of the bacteria, according to World Cheese.
The company said it will change to a new shredding and packing facility “where we have exclusive control over the cheese that is brought into the facility.”
The recalled cheeses are: All 8-ounce and 16-ounce bags of Miller’s shredded cheese (pizza, mozzarella, cheddar, fancy, muenster), with an expiration of June 5, 2012, through Sept. 4, 2012; all 32-ounce bags of Miller’s shredded mozzarella with an expiration date of Feb. 6, 2012, through May 7, 2012; all 5-pound bags of Miller’s shredded mozzarella, cheddar, muenster, and Monterey Jack with a package date of Sept. 8, 2011, through Dec. 7, 2011.
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