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title: "Cricket Creek Farm: Sophelise, Tobasi, and Berkshire Bloom Cheeses — FDA announcement Jun 12, 2023 | Is It on Recall"
description: "Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes."
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/fdapress-c3105d75334aba76-cricket-creek-farm-sophelise-tobasi-and-berkshire-bloom-cheeses/
updated: 2026-10-01
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# Cricket Creek Farm: Sophelise, Tobasi, and Berkshire Bloom Cheeses — FDA announcement Jun 12, 2023

Reported terminated

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Source date Jun 12, 2023. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; [check FSIS directly](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls). [Source coverage and dates](https://isitonrecall.com/sources/).

## What the record says

- **Product**: Sophelise, Tobasi, and Berkshire Bloom Cheeses
- **Reason**: Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Cricket Creek Farm, LLC
- **Quantity**: Not supplied
- **Agency-reported status**: Terminated in FDA listing
- **Source record identifier**: c3105d75334aba76

[Open the official record](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/cricket-creek-farm-expands-recall-cheeses-because-potential-listeria-monocytogenes-contamination-and)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Cricket Creek Farm of Williamstown, MA is expanding their recall of Sophelise and Tobasi cheeses due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes to include one lot of Berkshire Bloom cheese because pasteurization records did not illustrate the heating element reached required temperature.; Berkshire Bloom cheese with a product label of 076 is a camembert style, bloomy rind cheese. The circular cheese measures 4 inches in diameter and roughly 1.25 inches tall. It’s sold in a white cheese paper with blue label. This batch of cheese was distributed between April 20, 2023 and May 12, 2023. One hospitalization due to Listeria monocytogenes has been reported to date associated with the Sophelise cheese. Following this customer notification of illness, products purchased by this individual were tested by Biotrax Testing Laboratory and the current batch of Sophelise cheese was determined to be positive for Listeria monocytogenes. These three batches of Tobasi cheese were also determined to be positive for Listeria monocytogenes . The production record for the Berkshire Bloom cheese did not illustrate fully compliant temperatures for the heating element. |

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## Distribution

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## Dates in the source

- **Fda listing date**: Jun 12, 2023
- **Company announcement date**: Jun 12, 2023

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## What to do next

Consumers who have purchased Sophelise cheese, with product code 087055, Tobasi cheese 315, 341, 048, or after March 26, or Berkshire Bloom cheese between April 20 and May 12 should not consume or distribute the product, and they are urged to return any remaining product to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company 8:00am - 5:00pm EST Monday - Friday at info@cricketcreekfarm.com or 413-458-5888.

[Read the current instructions](https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/cricket-creek-farm-expands-recall-cheeses-because-potential-listeria-monocytogenes-contamination-and)

## Related records

[Other food records](https://isitonrecall.com/category/other-food/) [Cricket Creek Farm LLC records](https://isitonrecall.com/brand/cricket-creek-farm-llc/)