Brooklyn, NY – World Cheese Company, producer of Haolam cholov yisrael cheese products, and Miller’s Cheese Corp. have issued a voluntary recall on a limited amount of shredded cheese packaged in a Wisconsin plant. The Voluntary Recall was requested by the State of Wisconsin after a different company brought into the Wisconsin shredding and packaging plant cheese that was found to contain Listeria monocytogenes. This plant also shreds and packages Haolam and Miller’s shredded cheese.
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Haolam and Miller’s were instructed to issue the voluntary recall despite the fact that all of its products that were distributed in the marketplace tested negative for listeria monocytogenes. The recall is limited to products shredded and packaged at the Wisconsin facility. World Cheese and Miller’s are exercising extreme caution by recalling all products that were shredded in the affected plant, measures that are well beyond the basic requirements by the State of Wisconsin.
Spokesmen for the kosher cheese brands emphasized that the Voluntary Recall does not involve any of the other quality cheese products produced by the companies. In a statement posted on their respective websites (www.worldcheeseco.com and www.millerscheesecorp.com), the companies noted that the Haolam and Milller’s products are produced in state-of-the-art USDA approved and monitored facilities and are not produced in the affected packaging plant, which specializes in packaging. In fact, the companies moved swiftly to make alternate arrangements. Said the companies: “By next week, stores will be stocked with freshly packed shredded products that meet the highest standards of kashrus and quality that you’ve been accustomed to receiving from us in the past. The products will be produced in a new shredding and packaging facility where we have exclusive control over the cheese that is brought into the facility.”
The statement reassured consumers that “there was no actual health danger to people who consumed the products, especially since all of our products that were distributed in the marketplace tested negative for Listeria monocytogenes.” It emphasized that the voluntary recall is obviously not at all a kashrus issue whatsoever. In addition to its high level of kashrus, the companies pointed to their meticulous and effective quality control program which is why there has never been a recall of any of their products in nearly eight decades of the companies’ existence.
The recall is only on the shredded cheese with the expiry date August 24 and september 08 2012.
All other products and expiry dates are fine.
Don’t they clean the machine for their Cholov Yisroel run?
As someone that works in the dairy industry as a Mashgiach , I can tell you from experience with great certainty that kashering kailim can not stop L Mono from possibly contaiminating a facility .
As someone that works in the dairy industry as a masgiach I can tell you with certainty that kashering kailim would not guaratee to stop a facility from becoming contaminated with L.Mono. In all probability this is properly the reason Haolam cheese indeed tested negative for this bacteria .
If it’s aged cheese they may need to kasher.
Fact is read the worldcheeseco. Web site. ALL Their cheese tests came back negative. Another cheese company using the same shredder facility had tested positive. Not any of HAolom products. It’s a volunteer recall – not one that the gov demanded.
Listeria can be airborne. I think.
The info states that the shredding is done at another facility other than were the actual raw cheese is made. It takes time for cheese to be packaged. It needs to be tested for quality and that is why Haolom does accoring to their website. They did not have a problem. It is just abundance of caution for a company that always makes the best cheese in quality and kashrut.
Were ever I go I ask if they use Haolom as I know it’s the best. Haunt found anything that matches up.
Alpine Slicing and Cheese Conversion of Monroe announced its recall Sunday.
The company says testing by an independent laboratory confirmed that some products processed on the shred line contained Listeria.
The company says no illnesses have been reported.
The recalled products are:
– Brennan’s Cellars Shredded Premium Fondue Blend — Emmentaler Swiss & Gruyere Cheese
– Brennan’s Cellars Shredded Mild Colored Cheddar Cheese
– Brennan’s Cellars Shredded Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
The recalled cheeses were distributed to Brennan’s Stores in Milwaukee, Dane and Green counties of Wisconsin.
World Cheese says it is recalling all its cheeses that were shredded in the affected plant. The recall is limited to the following Haolam shredded products:
– All 8 oz and 16 oz. bags of Haolam shredded cheese (pizza, mozzarella, cheddar, fancy, Muenster, R/F Muenster, R/F cheddar), with an expiration of June 5 through Sept 4, 2012
– All 32 oz. bags of Haolam shredded mozzarella and gourmet blend with an expiration date of February 6, 2012 through May 7, 2012
– All 5 lb. bags of Haolam shredded mozzarella, cheddar and muenster with a pack date of Sept. 8, 2011 through Dec 7, 20 2011