Food FDA Class II Terminated Pathogen contamination
CLOVER SONOMA COTTAGE CHEESE LOW FAT 2% MILKFAT NET WT 16OZ UPC 0 70852 54400 7 & 32OZ UPC 0 70852 54200 3 DISTRIBUTED BY: CLOVER-STORNETTA FARMS LLC PETALUMA, CA 94952
SAPUTO CHEESE USA, INC Published Mar 25, 2026
Risk level
Class IIMay cause a temporary or reversible health problem; slight chance of serious harm.
Severity score 50/100
What should you do?
- Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
- Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
- Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
- Contact SAPUTO CHEESE USA, INC or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall
Potentially under pasteurized. The firm was notified by the California Department of Agriculture that due to the broken seal on the pasteurizer, the products may be under pasteurized, and they should recall the products.
Hazards
Pathogenic bacteria · primary
Affected products (1)
CLOVER SONOMA COTTAGE CHEESE LOW FAT 2% MILKFAT NET WT 16OZ UPC 0 70852 54400 7 & 32OZ UPC 0 70852 54200 3 DISTRIBUTED BY: CLOVER-STORNETTA FARMS LLC PETALUMA, CA 94952
422 cs/12/16oz tubs + 195cs/323oz tubs
Code info: BEST IF USED BY MAR-31-26 A3 PLT# 06-71
Affected areas
AlabamaArizonaCaliforniaIllinoisMississippiMissouriNevadaNew MexicoUtahWashingtonWyoming
Timeline
- InitiatedFeb 21, 2026
- PublishedMar 25, 2026
- TerminatedJun 1, 2026
- Recall number
- H-0579-2026
- Agency
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Country
- US
FDA records come from the openFDA food enforcement-report dataset — the agency's full weekly enforcement list. Most entries are not issued as consumer press releases, so they won't appear on fda.gov/recalls or in a web search. The source record link above resolves this exact recall by its number.