Health & Fitness

PRODUCT RECALL: 700 Cases of Wisconsin Cottage Cheese

Affected products are under the Westby, Food Club, Oberweis and Shurfine brand names.

WISCONSIN - The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture has issued a consumer alert for 4 percent cottage cheese made by Westby Cooperative Creamery.

Routine testing showed that the cottage cheese may not have been adequately pasteurized.

Nearly 700 cases of product were distributed statewide in Wisconsin and to Aurora, Illinois.

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Cottage cheese sold on or before August 26, 2016 in 16, 22 and 24-ounce containers under the Westby, Food Club, Oberweis and Shurfine brand names are the affected products.


The containers will contain lot code 10-6-16 cc.

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Consumers are advised to return it to the place of purchase or discard it.


Symptoms of food-borne illness are diarrhea and/or vomiting, typically lasting one to seven days.
Other symptoms might include abdominal cramps, nausea, fever, joint/back aches and fatigue.


If you have consumed this product and think you may be ill, contact your physician immediately.

Read more on this story on WISN.

For more information on other food product advisories or recalls, contact the Division of Food and Recreational Safety at 608-224-4700, by e-mail at datcpfood@wisconsin.gov; or online at datcp.wi.gov.

Here is the full list of stores where the products could be found:

Appleton: Festival Foods

Arcadia: Piggly Wiggly

Bangor: Hansen's IGA

Baraboo: Pierce's Market

Beaver Dam: Piggly Wiggly

Black River Falls: Burnstad's

Brookfield: Grasch Foods, Sendik's Market

Cashton: Hansen's IGA

Cedarburg: Piggly Wiggly

Cottage Grove: Piggly Wiggly

Cross Plains: Piggly Wiggly

DeForest: Red Onion Store

Delafield: Sentry Foods

De Pere: Piggly Wiggly, Festival Foods

Eagle River: Trig's

Eau Claire: Festival Foods, Gordy's IGA

Ellsworth: Ellsworth Creamery

Elm Grove: Sendik's Food Market

Elroy: Hansen's IGA

Fond du Lac: Pick n' Save, Festival Foods

Fort Atkinson: Sentry Foods

Fox River Valley Area: Festival Foods stores

Franklin: Sendik's Food Market

Fredonia: Village Market

Galesville: Piggly Wiggly

Germantown: Sendik's Food Market

Grafton: Sendik's Food Market

Grantsburg: Burnett Dairy

Green Bay: Festival Foods

Greenfield: Sendik's Food Market

Hartford: County Market's

Hayward: Market Place Foods

Hillsboro: County Market's

Holmen: Festival Foods

Hudson: Fresh & Natural Foods, County Market's

Kiel: Piggly Wiggly

Koehler: Woodlake Market

La Crosse: Festival Foods, Piggly Wiggly, Walmart, Peoples Food Co-op

La Valle: Bare Necessities

Ladysmith: Gordy's IGA

Lake Geneva: Roses Fresh Market on Broad Street

Lake Mills: Sentry Foods

Lake Wissota: Gordy's IGA

Little Chute: Piggly Wiggly

Madison Area: Hy-Vee, Jenifer Street Market, Metcalfe's, Regent Market, Willy Street Co-op, Whole Foods Co-op

Manitowoc: Festival Foods

Markesan: Piggly Wiggly

Mauston: Festival Foods

Menomonee Falls: Karl's Market

Menomonie: Market Place Foods

Mequon: Sendik's Food Market

Milwaukee Area: Outpost Natural Foods on Capital Drive, Kinnickinnic Ave., and West State St.

Mt. Horeb: Miller's Store

Neillsville: Hansen's IGA

New Berlin: Sendik's Food Market

New Glarus: Roy's Market

New Holstein: Piggly Wiggly

Oconomowoc: Piggly Wiggly

Omro: Piggly Wiggly

Onalaska: Festival Foods, Walmart, Woodman's Market

Oshkosh: Festival Foods

Plain: Cedar Grove

Platteville Area: Driftless Market

Port Washington: Sentry Foods

Portage: Pierce's Market

Prairie du Sac: Sentry Foods

Reedsburg: Viking Village Foods and Village IGA

Rhinelander: Trig's

Richland Center: Burnstad's, Walmart, Ed's family Foods

Ripon: Pick n' Save

River Falls: Whole Grocery Co-op

Sauk City: Piggly Wiggly

Saukville: Piggly Wiggly

Sheboygan: Festival Foods

Sparta: Piggly Wiggly, Walmart

Spooner: Schmitz's Economart

Stevens Point: Trig's

Stoughton: Yahara Grocery Co-op

Sun Prairie: Sentry Foods

Tomah: Burnstad's, Walmart

Viroqua: Village Market and Walmart

Waunakee: Piggly Wiggly

Wausau: Trig's

Wauwatosa: Metcalfe's, Sendik's Food Market

West Bend: Piggly Wiggly, Pick n' Save, Sendik's Food Market

West Salem: Hansen's IGA

Westby: Hansen's IGA

Whitefish Bay: Sendik's Food Market

Whitehall: Clipper's IGA

Wisconsin Rapids: Quality Foods

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