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Whole Foods Market Blue Cheese Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk
Whole Foods Market recalls Blue Cheese products with possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected items sold between January 20 and March 21, 2016, with PLU numbers starting 293308.
“Whole Foods Market Blue Cheese Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/25146-whole-foods-market-blue-cheese-recall-listeria-contamination-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-1002-2016 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1002-2016%22&limit=1).
The Food and Drug Administration announced on Feb. 29, 2016, that Whole Foods Market voluntarily recalled Maytag Blue Cheese products due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The agency issued recall number F-1002-2016 for the Class I recall.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Whole Foods Market
Products: Whole Foods Market Maytag Blue Cheese, Maytag Blue Raw Milk, Maytag Iowa Blue Cheese
Packaging: Cut and wrapped in clear plastic
PLU: 0293308; PLU numbers beginning with 293308
Sell-by dates: 1/20/2016 through 3/21/2016
Quantity: 1156 pounds
The hazard
The products pose a risk of possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. The FDA classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a high probability of serious adverse health consequences or death.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Whole Foods Market has 52 other recalls on record since Nov. 12, 2013. Recent brand recalls include the July 27, 2021, Cahill Whiskey Cheddar Cheese recall for Listeria risk and the March 11, 2021, Cranberry Biscotti recall for undeclared pistachios. Other recent recalls of similar products include the June 1, 2026, Clover Hill Dairy Mild Cheese Recall and the June 1, 2026, Clover Hill Dairy Old Bay Cheddar Cheese Recall, both citing Listeria contamination risk.
How to tell if you have this one
Check for PLU numbers starting with 293308 on the product label. Products were sold between January 20 and March 21, 2016, at Whole Foods Market stores in Austin, TX.
Brand
Whole Foods Market
Category
Food
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
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Immediately discard any recalled Blue Cheese products with PLU numbers starting 293308 and sell-by dates from January 20 to March 21, 2016.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed nationwide.
Nationwide
Not listed
FDA distribution: “Nationwide” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
Distributed nationwide.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 6 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class I
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
4FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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-1002-2016 (February 29, 2016) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1002-2016 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3:4b on August 18, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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