FROM THE HILL: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers to double-check their shredded cheese after an Ohio-based company recalled multiple products distributed to 31 states for potentially containing metal fragments.
The recall from Great Lakes Cheese Co. was first initiated on Oct. 3, but was reclassified on Monday to Class II, which is defined as “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,” according to the FDA.
The products were sold in Walmart, Target, Aldi and other supermarkets across the country. Anyone who has bought one of these cheeses is asked not to eat it, as the metal fragments can cause serious injury, and should return it to their local store for a full refund.
The recalled cheeses were made by Great Lakes Cheese Co., then sold by different brands. These products were distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Puerto Rico.
The recalled cheeses included:
- Always Save
- Shredded
- Borden
- Shredded
- Thick Cut
- Brookshire’s
- Finely Shredded
- Shredded
- Thick Cut
- Italian 6-Cheese – Finely Shredded
- Cache Valley Creamery
- Shredded
- Six Cheese Italian – Finely Shredded
- Chestnut Hill
- Fancy Shredded
- Coburn Farms
- Shredded
- Italian Style – Finely Shredded
- Econo
- Shredded
- Pizza- Shredded
- Food Club
- Finely Shredded
- Shredded
- Finely Shredded Pizza Style Four Cheese Blend
- Pizza Style Two Cheese Blend- Finely Shredded
- Food Lion
- Shredded
- Freedom’s Choice
- Pizza Blend – Fine-Cut
- Gold Rush Creamery
- Shredded
- Good & Gather
- Fine Cut
- Classic
- Mozzarella & Provolone – Classic
- Mozzarella & Parmesan shredded cheese blend
- Great Lakes Cheese
- Shredded
- Mozzarella & Provolone – Shredded
- Great Value
- Finely Shredded
- Shredded
- Italian Style – Finely Shredded
- Provolone & Mozzarella Blend – Shredded
- Happy Farms by Aldi
- Shredded
- Italian-style shredded cheese blend
- H-E-B
- Shredded
- Thick
- Hill Country Fare
- Shredded
- Know & Love
- Fine Cut
- Classic Cut
- Italian Style – Fine Cut
- Laura Lynn
- Finely Shredded
- Shredded
- Thick Cut Shredded
- Italian Blend – Finely Shredded
- Lucerne Dairy Farms
- Finely Shredded
- Shredded
- Shredded Family Size
- Rustic Cut
- Rustic Cut Family Size
- Nu Farm
- Fancy Shredded
- Publix
- Shredded
- Italian Six Cheese Blend – Fancy Shredded
- Schnuck’s
- Shredded
- Simply Go
- Classic Cut Shredded
- Rustic Cut Shredded
- Italian Style Six Cheese Blend – Fine Cut Shredded
- Sprouts Farmers Market
- Finely Shredded
- Shredded Value Pack
- Stater Bros. Markets
- Finely Shredded
- Shredded
- Sunnyside Farms
- Shredded
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