in another case, a recall of nut butter began more than five months after the fda had traced the samma nilla outbreak to the source facility. there were 14 illnesses in 11 states during that time. a series of recalls of cheese products contaminated with listeria took 81 days to complete. nine people got sick, including one infant who died and two fetal lotio fetal losses linked to illness. during that time the firm owner lied to fda saying the firm koh would suspend the manufacturing and distribution of cheese, however the own are, despite knowing that the product tested positive for lis steer yar toind let the product be distributed. he later pleaded guilty to fda crimes and went to prison. justice was done but fda needed to find a way to detect action sooner. the fda did not have a reliable system for accessing the recall initiation date or the date fda became aware of potentially hazardous food products. more than a third of the recalls reviewed had the wrong initiation date entered into fda's electronic data system called the recalled enterprise system. the electronic data system also di