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Consider Bardwell Farm Recalls Cheese Due to Listeria Risk

Consider Bardwell Farm recalls Experience Handmade Cow Cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Check your lot number.

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🇺🇸 FDA recall #F-0039-2020Food Consider Bardwell Farm ›

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Products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes

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Recalling firmConsider Bardwell Farm, LLC1333 Vermont Route 153 · West Pawlet, VT 05775-9746

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Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC is recalling its Experience Handmade Cow Cheese because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This is a Class I recall, indicating a serious health risk. The affected items are 0.75 lb squares sold in New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Texas, California, and Georgia. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/16568-consider-bardwell-farm-recalls-cheese-due-to-listeria-risk.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/16568-consider-bardwell-farm-recalls-cheese-due-to-listeria-risk · Updated October 11, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-0039-2020

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“Consider Bardwell Farm Recalls Cheese Due to Listeria Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated October 11, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/16568-consider-bardwell-farm-recalls-cheese-due-to-listeria-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-0039-2020 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0039-2020%22&limit=1).

Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC voluntarily recalled Experience Handmade Cow Cheese due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination, the FDA said on Sept. 29, 2019. Consumers should discard or return the product.

How to tell if you have it

Brand: Consider Bardwell Farm
Product: Experience Handmade Cow Cheese
Lot code: 5582
Quantity: 125 squares

The hazard

The products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, the FDA said. The agency classified this as a Class I recall.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show other recent recalls of similar products include Clover Hill Dairy Mild Cheese Variety Recall (2026-06-01), Boss Dairy Farms Mild Cheddar Cheese Recall (2025-11-16), and Clover Hill Dairy Horseradish Cheese Recall (2026-06-01).

How to tell if you have this one

Look for Experience Handmade Cow Cheese with ingredients listed as Pasteurized Cow Milk, Cultures, and Sea Salt. The product is a 0.75 lb square. Check the lot number; the recalled lot is 5582. The manufacturer is Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC, located in Pawlet, Vermont.

Brand
Consider Bardwell Farm
Category
Food

FDA recall event · 3 products

All 3 products in this recall

FDA lists each product line separately under one recall event. Check your product description, lot or code numbers against each row. Every row shares the hazard and remedy on this page.

Classification
Class I
Status
Terminated
Distribution
NY, VT, MA, TX, CA, GA

Recall number	Product, codes & lots	Quantity
F-0037-2020	Consider Bardwell Farm brand Slyboro Handmade Goat Cheese - Ingredients Raw Goat Milk, Cultures, Salt, Microbial Rennet - 2 lb Wheel - Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC 133 RTE. 153 W.Pawlet, Vermont 05775; Lots: 5556, 5562, 5568, 5573, 5578, 5584, 5587, 5590, 5594, 5597, 5601, 5607, 5612, 5616, 5619, 5622, 5629, 5635	240 wheels
F-0038-2020	Consider Bardwell Farm brand Dorset Handmade Cow Cheese - Ingredients Raw Cow Milk, Cultures, Salt, Microbial Rennet - 2.5 lb Wheel - Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC 133 RTE. 153 W.Pawlet, Vermont 05775; Lots: 5569, 5580, 5592, 5604, 5605, 5614, 5625, 5630, 5636, 5639, 5651, 5652, 5676, 5687, 5688	994 wheels
F-0039-2020	Consider Bardwell Farm brand Experience Handmade Cow Cheese - Ingredients Pasteurized Cow Milk, Cultures, Sea Salt - 0.75 lb Square - Consider Bardwell Farm, LLC 133 RTE. 153 W.Pawlet, Vermont 05775; Lot: 5582	125 squares

Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

Stop consuming the cheese
Do not eat the Experience Handmade Cow Cheese if you have it at home.
Check your lot number
Verify if your product has lot number 5582 to confirm if it is part of this recall.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed in 6 states.

FDA distribution: “NY, VT, MA, TX, CA, GA” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

States: California, Georgia, Massachusetts, New York, Texas, Vermont.

Recall timeline

FDA terminated this recall 3 months after the firm started it.

Sep 29, 2019Firm started the recall
Oct 16, 2019FDA classified it Class I
Oct 16, 2019Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
Dec 27, 2019FDA terminated the recall

Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.

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Where this comes from

The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.

Official source: FDA Recall #F-0039-2020 (September 29, 2019) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0039-2020 to see it in context.
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