Class I · Recall · initiated May 6, 2026 · Completed
Coffee Connexion recalls cheese and cream sauce mixes made with recalled dry milk powder
The Coffee Connexion of Lebanon, Tennessee recalled more than 4,600 cases of cheese sauce mixes, Alfredo sauce and a cold-prep cream sauce, including an Aramark-labeled item, because they contain dry milk powder that the supplier recalled for potential Salmonella.
The record
- Firm
- The Coffee Connexion Co., Inc, Lebanon, TN
- Products (4)
- 1) Cheese Sauce Mix, 25.5 oz., packaged in a sealed poly bag and packed 12 bags per case, UPC 0399549125016 2) Cheese Sauce Mix, 25 lb., packaged in a tied poly bag and packed 1 bag per case, UPC 0039954924308 3) Creamier Cheese Sauce Mix, 25 lb., packaged in a tied poly bag and packed 2 bags per Aramark Cheese Sauce New & Improved, 25 lb., packaged in a tied poly bag and packed 2 bags per case, UPC 0039954925121Alfredo Sauce, 3 lb. 7 oz., packaged in a sealed poly bag and packed 12 bags per case, UPC 0039954921963Cold Prep Cream Sauce, 20 lb., packaged in a tied poly bag and packed 1 bag per case, UPC 0039954922458
- Reason, as filed
- “Product contains dry milk powder ingredient recalled by the supplier due to potential Salmonella contamination”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall numbers
- H-0907-2026, H-0908-2026, H-0909-2026, H-0910-2026
- Initiated
- May 6, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- June 10, 2026
- Status
- Completed · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 1) 1,553 cases; 2) 39 cases; 3) 3,063 cases
- Distribution
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason says the products “contain dry milk powder ingredient recalled by the supplier due to potential Salmonella contamination.” The record does not name the supplier. It does show what the ingredient went into: cheese sauce mixes in 25.5 oz and 25 lb bags, a “Creamier” cheese sauce, an Aramark-labeled cheese sauce, an Alfredo sauce and a 20 lb cold-prep cream sauce. Almost all of it is foodservice pack, sent to 41 states. The recall is completed.
Dry sauce mixes are a milk-powder-heavy category, and a single supplier lot can spread across every SKU that shares the base. The cold-prep item deserves a note: a product mixed without cooking has no kill step at the customer either. In general terms, a dry blender in this position has done nothing wrong in its own plant. The control that matters is how fast it can map the supplier’s lot numbers to its own batches and customers, including the customer-branded item.
Who else should care
Dry blenders and sauce-mix makers whose products are built on nonfat dry milk, whey or cheese powder. If one dairy powder supplier recalls a lot, every mix that used it goes with it, and the customer list is the foodservice distributors and contract caterers that bought it in 25 lb bags.
Foodservice operators and contract caterers that put their own name on a supplier’s mix should notice that the recall was filed under the blender’s name, not theirs, but their label was on the bag. Check: whether your batch records tie every supplier lot of dairy powder to a finished-product lot and customer, so a supplier notice becomes a customer list in hours rather than days.
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.