Rizo Lopez Foods Inc

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( CDC) have identified queso fresco and cotija cheese manufactured by Rizo Lopez Foods (Modesto, CA) as the source of a deadly outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes illnesses that has gone unsolved for almost ten years. Since June 2014, the outbreak has caused twenty-six illnesses, including two deaths. Twenty-three of the outbreak victims required hospitalization. Confirmed cases have been reported in eleven states. The CDC investigated this outbreak twice before (in 2017 and 2021). Although epidemiological evidence pointed to queso fresco and other similar cheeses as the likely source at that time, health authorities were unable to trace the illnesses to a specific manufacturer. Advertisement The breakthrough came in January 2024, when the Hawaii State Department of Health found Listeria monocytogenes in a sample of Rizo Bros Aged Cotija cheese. In response to the finding, the company recalled the contaminated production batch, and the FDA initiated an inspection of the Modesto, California, manufacturing facility.

This company has been under investigation since 2014 by the FDA and has now made ANOTHEr major nationwide recall and basically everything they produce. Know their productions and stay away unless you want Listeria

In and out. Great folks. If coming from 99, use Hatch Rd.

Do not purchase any food stuffs from this company! Their qc protocols are not followed, and cleaning procedures are 19th century and the USDA let's them slide.

I drive by here often. I love Queso and read this on their website. our family story Led by brothers Ivan and Edwin Francisco Rizo, Rizo-Lopez Foods, Inc. utilizes Old World recipes and traditional techniques that uphold the traditions their family has held for generations. This authentic, quality cheese tastes the same now as it did to Ivan and Edwin's grandparents.

USDA needs to shut them down. How many recalls due to listeria?! absolutely NOT ok

The work is sometimes hard and some people are aholes, but the cheese and yogurt is fire, and ever1 in HR & In The Cold Box were fantastic people.......Kinda miss it sometimes.....Stevie Stoned lol

This company makes a great cheese! I love their products very affordable price and quality!