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Whole Foods Market Fat Bottom Girl Cheese Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk

Whole Foods Market recalls Fat Bottom Girl cheese due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Affected items sold with clear plastic wrap and Whole Foods Market scale labels up to January 20, 2015.

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🇺🇸 FDA recall #F-1037-2015FoodWhole Foods Market ›
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Recalling firmWhole Foods Market550 Bowie St · Austin, TX 78703-4648
✎ GovInfoNow plain-language explainer

Whole Foods Market is recalling Fat Bottom Girl cheese that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. This bacteria can cause serious illness, so affected consumers should stop using the product immediately. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/28297-whole-foods-market-fat-bottom-girl-cheese-recall-listeria-contamination.

Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/28297-whole-foods-market-fat-bottom-girl-cheese-recall-listeria-contamination · Updated August 18, 2026 · FDA enforcement record: FDA #F-1037-2015

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“Whole Foods Market Fat Bottom Girl Cheese Recall: Listeria Contamination Risk.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/28297-whole-foods-market-fat-bottom-girl-cheese-recall-listeria-contamination. Based on FDA recall #F-1037-2015 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-1037-2015%22&limit=1).

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Dec. 31, 2014, that Whole Foods Market voluntarily recalled cheese sold under the brand name Fat Bottom Girl due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.

How to tell if you have it

  • Brand: Whole Foods Market
  • Product name: Fat Bottom Girl
  • PLU #254705
  • Sell-by dates up to and including Jan. 20, 2015
  • Sold in CA, AZ, and HI

The hazard

The product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Context

GovInfoNow's records show Whole Foods Market has had 52 other recalls since Nov. 12, 2013. 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 Recall (2020-11-23). Other recent recalls of similar products include Clover Hill Dairy Old Bay Cheddar Cheese Recall (2026-06-01), Clover Hill Dairy Mild Cheese Recall (2026-06-01), and Clover Hill Dairy Sharp Cheese Recall (2026-06-01).

How to tell if you have this one

Check for cheese sold under the brand name 'Fat Bottom Girl' with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. The product was sold with a PLU code #254705 and has a sell-by date up to January 20, 2015.

  • Brand
    Whole Foods Market
  • Category
    Food
FDA recall event · 6 products

All 6 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
    CA, AZ, and HI
Recall numberProduct, codes & lots
F-1032-2015Cheese sold unde the brand name, EWELICIOUS BLEATING HEART RAW SHEEPS MILK SALT CULTURES. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.; PLU (product look up code) #299784; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015
F-1033-2015Cheese sold unde the brand name, MIXTRESS BLEATING HEART NEW JERSEY COW MILK RAW SHEEPS MILK SALT CULTURES. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.; PLU (product look up code) #299785; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015
F-1034-2015Cheese sold under the brand name, MOOLICIOUS BLUE BLEATING HEART RAW COW MILK SALT CULTURES. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.; PLU (product look up code) #299648; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015
F-1035-2015Cheese sold under the brand name, Sheperdista Bleating Heart, Ingredients: Raw sheep milk, cultures, salt. Contains Milk: 080414. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.; PLU (product look up code) #254704; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015
F-1036-2015Cheese sold under the brand name, Goldette Tommette Bleating Heart, Ingredients: Raw Jersey Cow Milk, Salt, Cultures Contains Milk: 032814. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.; PLU (product look up code) #250302; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015
F-1037-2015Cheese sold under the brand name, Fat Bottom Girl, Ingredients: Raw sheeps' milk, salt, cheese cultures Contains Milk: 071612. Sold with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap. Variable weight item.; PLU (product look up code) #254705; all sell by dates up to and including Jan 20st, 2015
Based on the official FDA remedy

What to do — step by step

  1. Stop Using It Now

    Immediately discard any Fat Bottom Girl cheese with a Whole Foods Market scale label in clear plastic wrap that was sold up to January 20, 2015.

Where it went and when

Where it was distributed

Distributed in 3 states.

Alaska: not listedAKMaine: not listedMEVermont: not listedVTNew Hampshire: not listedNHWashington: not listedWAIdaho: not listedIDMontana: not listedMTNorth Dakota: not listedNDMinnesota: not listedMNIllinois: not listedILWisconsin: not listedWIMichigan: not listedMINew York: not listedNYRhode Island: not listedRIMassachusetts: not listedMAOregon: not listedORNevada: not listedNVWyoming: not listedWYSouth Dakota: not listedSDIowa: not listedIAIndiana: not listedINOhio: not listedOHPennsylvania: not listedPANew Jersey: not listedNJConnecticut: not listedCTCalifornia: yesCAUtah: not listedUTColorado: not listedCONebraska: not listedNEMissouri: not listedMOKentucky: not listedKYWest Virginia: not listedWVVirginia: not listedVAMaryland: not listedMDDelaware: not listedDEArizona: yesAZNew Mexico: not listedNMKansas: not listedKSArkansas: not listedARTennessee: not listedTNNorth Carolina: not listedNCSouth Carolina: not listedSCDistrict of Columbia: not listedDCOklahoma: not listedOKLouisiana: not listedLAMississippi: not listedMSAlabama: not listedALGeorgia: not listedGAHawaii: yesHITexas: not listedTXFlorida: not listedFL

FDA distribution: “CA, AZ, and HI” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.

States: Arizona, California, Hawaii.

Recall timeline

FDA terminated this recall 9 months after the firm started it.

1. Firm started the recall: Dec 31, 201412. FDA classified it Class I: Feb 9, 201523. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report: Feb 18, 201534. FDA terminated the recall: Oct 13, 2015420142015
  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-1037-2015 (December 31, 2014) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-1037-2015 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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