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Tumalo Farms LLC
FDA recall F-1000-2013 · Class II · reported 2013-02-27 · Terminated
- Product
- A soft chevre-style cheese. Label reads in part, "*** TUMALO FARMS Artisan Cheeses of Central Oregon Chevita This fresh and mild, soft, white cheese has a great tangy finish www.tumalofarms.com *** Ingredients . Pasteurized Goats' Milk, Culture, Rennet and Salt."
- Reason
- Improperly pasteurized.
- Quantity
- From production date 1/10/13 10 - 4 oz tubs and 4-2 lb tubs; from production date 1/24/13 3 4 oz tubs and 8 2 lb tubs
- Distribution
- WA and OR only
- Firm location
- OR, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Telephone
- Recall started
- 2013-01-30
- Terminated
- 2013-02-20
- Code info
- Product is coded with a "born on date" and weight (individual cheese packages are different weight. The product also has a packaged date, which is the same as the ship date. there are 2 born on dates - 1/10/13 and 1/24/13
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.