Sargento Foods voluntarily recalled some nonbranded food service and ingredient products after a supplier issued a recall.
According to the company, Sargento Foods ended its relationship with Rizo-Lopez Foods, Modesto, California, after the company supplied Sargento with cotija cheese possibly affected by a listeria outbreak.
Rizo-Lopez Foods, a provider of Mexican-style cheeses and sour creams, voluntarily recalled over 50 products that “have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes,” an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Sargento investigated the recall and determined it impacted a “limited amount” of its food service and ingredients products.
No Sargento-branded products have been impacted by the recall and the company said it had contacted any business customers that were affected.
