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Whole Foods Market Organic Roquefort Pap: Listeria Contamination Risk

Whole Foods Market recalls Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese with potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected products include those packaged in clear plastic wrap with PLU 029536 and sell by dates.

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Recalling firmWhole Foods Market550 Bowie St · Austin, TX 78703-4648
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Whole Foods Market is recalling Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese packaged in clear plastic wrap due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. This recall affects products with PLU 029536 and sell by dates. Contamination could cause serious illness, so affected consumers should stop using the product. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/26130-whole-foods-market-organic-roquefort-pap-listeria-contamination-risk.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/26130-whole-foods-market-organic-roquefort-pap-listeria-contamination-risk · Updated August 18, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-0130-2016

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“Whole Foods Market Organic Roquefort Pap: Listeria Contamination Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/26130-whole-foods-market-organic-roquefort-pap-listeria-contamination-risk. Based on FDA recall #F-0130-2016 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0130-2016%22&limit=1).

The FDA announced on 2015-10-07 that Whole Foods Market is recalling Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The voluntary recall covers 1,593 pounds of product distributed nationwide in the USA and UK.

How to tell if you have it

  • Brand: Whole Foods Market
  • Product: Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese packaged in clear plastic wrap
  • PLU: 029536
  • Quantity: 1,593 pounds

The hazard

The product poses a potential contamination risk with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall is classified as Class I.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show Whole Foods Market has 52 other recalls on record since 2013-11-12. Other recent recalls of similar products include Whole Foods Market Cahill Whiskey Cheddar Cheese Recall (2021-07-27), Whole Foods Market Cranberry Biscotti Recall (2021-03-11), and Whole Foods Popcorn Chicken Shaker with Sweet Chili (2020-11-23). Other recent recalls of similar products include La Colonia Foods Requeson Bulk Product Recall (2026-06-04), Clover Hill Dairy Smoked Pepper Cheese Recall (2026-06-01), and Markys Caviar Mon Sire Brie Cheese Recall (2026-08-25).

How to tell if you have this one

Check for Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese packaged in clear plastic wrap with PLU 029536 and sell by dates. The product is sold by Whole Foods Market.

  • Brand
    Whole Foods Market
  • Category
    Food
Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

  1. Stop Using Product

    Immediately stop using the recalled Organic Roquefort Papillon cheese if you have it.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed nationwide.

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FDA distribution: “Nationwide throughout the USA and UK” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

Distributed nationwide.

Recall timeline

FDA terminated this recall 13 months after the firm started it.

1. Firm started the recall: Oct 7, 201512. FDA classified it Class I: Nov 5, 201523. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report: Nov 11, 201534. FDA terminated the recall: Nov 16, 2016420152016
  1. Firm started the recall
  2. FDA classified it Class I
  3. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
  4. FDA terminated the recall

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

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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-0130-2016 (October 7, 2015) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0130-2016 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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