Bacon Cold Pack Cheese sold under the following sizes and brands: 1. Parkers Farm or Parkers label in 8 ounce (14002) and 14 ounce (17002) cups with snap on lid; 5 lb. Cheeseball Base - Bacon (14441) and 10 lb. (61760) pail with snap on lid; 2. Bucky Badger in 8 oz. (31611) and 14 oz. (41611) cups with snap on lid.

Recall Insight

This FDA Food action (record #F-1836-2014) was formally reported on April 23, 2014, with the manufacturer initiating the action on March 21, 2014. It is classified under Critical severity (Class I), with a current status of Terminated. Parkers Farm Inc is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Coon Rapids, MN. Federal records indicate 369,840 total cases for all varieties units are affected, a scale large enough to require multi-state distribution tracking.

The documented reason for this recall is: Various Peanut butters, cheese spreads, cold pack cheese, salsa, cheese balls/logs have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Nationwide. No distribution outside the US.. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Food. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 12 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.