Reported Mar 31, 2021 · Terminated

Quesillo sold under the following brands and container sizes

El Abuelito Cheese, Inc.

High riskUsing this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

What you should do

Stop using the affected lot and contact the recalling firm for the return or refund process. Check the FDA enforcement report for lot-level detail.

Firm contact: El Abuelito Cheese, Inc. · 607-609 Main St · Paterson, NJ · 07503-3096

Is this the product you have?

Quesillo sold under the following brands and container sizes

23 of 23 products

Products covered by this recall
Model / numberProduct as published
12ozAbuelito
673130200000Pack
5LbsQuesillo Abuelito
673130500001Bag Loose Bag
10LbsQuesillo Abuelito
673130600008Bag Loose Bag
10LbsViejito
718122180950Bag Loose Bag
5LbsPaisano
799456415468Bag
10LbsEl Paisano
799456415482Bag
10LbsSabrosito
749390337586Bag
5LbsCima
072632891653Bag
5LbsFinos
851800004145Bag
14LbsCarlos
814920000039Bag
Lot codes and dates
  • Sell by dates through 041621
Amount recalled
N/A

This recall covers 3 products

The agency filed one notice per product. You are reading one of them; the other 2 are below.

Where it was sold

Why it was recalled

Stop using this product now

Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Using this product could cause serious injury, illness or death — stop using it now.

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Where this came from

Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration (openFDA)

Read the FDA (openFDA food enforcement) notice

Notice updated Apr 26, 2024 · Data as of Sep 19, 7:57 PM UTC

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