Sargento sues supplier after receiving cheese later recalled due to possible listeria contamination

Anticipates $42 million in damages from recall

Plymouth-based Sargento Foods is suing Modesto, California-based Rizo-Lopez Foods (RLF) for breach of contract after the company supplied Sargento with Cotija cheese that was later recalled due to a risk of listeria contamination. Sargento has incurred, and continues to incur, damages that the company expects to exceed $42 million, according to the lawsuit. On Jan. 24,

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