MENDOCINO CO., 8/28/25 — Check your cheese drawer for Sierra Nevada Cheese Company’s raw goat milk cheddar and dispose of it immediately.
The recall was ordered by California state veterinarian Dr. Annette Jones after listeria monocytogenes was detected in the firm’s raw goat milk cheddar cheese.
The order applies to “Sierra Nevada Bella Capra Goat Cheese, Raw Milk Goat Cheddar,” which is sold in 6-ounce blocks packaged in clear plastic wrap. The lot code is 90423255 with a Sell By date of 5/29/26.
Sierra Nevada Cheese Company’s cheeses are available throughout Mendocino County, including: Ukiah Natural Foods, Raley’s in Ukiah, Boont Berry Farm in Boonville, Mariposa Market in Willits, Keith’s in Covelo, Purity in Fort Bragg, both Harvest Market locations, Surf Market in Gualala, and Safeway and Grocery Outlet stores.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture said that consumers “are strongly urged to dispose of any product remaining in their refrigerators and retailers are to pull the product immediately from their shelves.”
The bacteria can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. It can also cause miscarriages and stillbirths among pregnant women.