Expanded Recall Date: June 6, 2024
Schreiber Foods Inc. of Green Bay, WI, is recalling 836,721 units of various cream cheese products because of potential Salmonella contamination.
The recalled products were distributed in California, Florida, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
Salmonella is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections, endocarditis and arthritis.
Anyone who has eaten cream cheese and developed symptoms of Salmonella infection should seek medical attention. Sick people should tell their doctors about the possible exposure to Salmonella bacteria because special tests are necessary to diagnose salmonellosis.
Recalled Products
The recall includes the following cream cheese products:
- Whipped Cream Cheese Spread 8 oz.
- Garden Vegetable Cream Cheese Spread 8 oz.
- Strawberry Cream Cheese Spread 8 oz.
- Blueberry Cream Cheese Spread 8 oz.
- Variety Tray: Chive Onion, Strawberry, and Plain Cream Cheese Spread, each container 8 oz.
- Ranch Garlic Cream Cheese Spread 5 lbs.
- Cream Cheese Spread 8 oz., 12 oz., and 30 lbs. culinary bulk.
The recalled items listed above are packaged under the following brands:
- Dutch Farms
- Fareway
- Happy Farms
- Hy-Vee
- Kroger
- Our Family
- Schnuck
- Essential Everyday
- Dunkin
- Piggly Wiggly
- Schreiber Foods
Specific product information including impacted UPC codes and expiration or sell by dates can be found in the June 6, 2024 Food Safety News Article.
Consumers should not use these products. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to their place of purchase.
