Check your refrigerator: 64 cheese products are being recalled right now.
December 2, 20205
EATINGWELL.COM
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Over 1.5 million bags of shredded cheese were recalled due to metal contamination.
The mozzarella cheese products were sold at Aldi, Publix, Target, Walmart and more.
Sixty-four different products are being affected, and they were sold in 32 states and regions.
There’s an active recall on over 1.5 million bags of cheese, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).1 This is due to a potential foreign matter contamination.
The bags of cheese being recalled were sold at popular grocery stores across 32 states and regions. Chains affected include Aldi, Food Lion, H-E-B, Publix, Sprouts Farmers Market, Target, Walmart and more. The recalled cheese varies in sizes, from 8-ounce bags to 5-pound packages, and they have printed sell-by dates expanding to March 2026.
The following list of products are being recalled, which include shredded mozzarella cheese, shredded Italian-style cheese, shredded pizza-style cheese, mozzarella and provolone shredded cheese blends and mozzarella and Parmesan shredded cheese blends:
Always Save Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Borden Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Borden Thick Cut Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Brookshire’s Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Brookshire’s Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Brookshire’s Thick Cut Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Brookshire’s Italian Six-Cheese Finely Shredded
Cache Valley Creamery Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Cache Valley Creamery Six-Cheese Italian Finely Shredded
Chestnut Hill Fancy Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Coburn Farms Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Coburn Farms Italian-Style Finely Shredded
Econo Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Econo Pizza Shredded
Food Club Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Food Club Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Food Club Finely Shredded Pizza Style Four Cheese Blend
Food Club Pizza Style Two Cheese Blend Finely Shredded
Food Club Pizza Style Two Cheese Blend Shredded
Food Lion Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Freedom’s Choice Pizza Blend Fine-Cut
Gold Rush Creamery Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Gold Rush Creamery Pizza Blend Shredded
Good & Gather Fine Cut Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Good & Gather Classic Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Good & Gather Mozzarella & Provolone Classic
Good & Gather Mozzarella & Parmesan Shredded Cheese Blend
Great Lakes Cheese Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Great Lakes Cheese Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Great Lakes Cheese Mozzarella & Provolone Shredded
Great Value Italian Style Finely Shredded
Great Value Pizza Blend Shredded
Great Value Provolone & Mozzarella Blend Shredded
Happy Farms by Aldi Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Happy Farms by Aldi Italian-Style Shredded Cheese
H-E-B Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
H-E-B Thick Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
H-E-B Shredded/Fancy Finamente Rallado Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Hill Country Fare Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Know & Love Fine Cut Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Know & Love Classic Cut Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Know & Love Thick Cut Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Know & Love Italian Style Fine Cut
Laura Lynn Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Laura Lynn Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Laura Lynn Thick Cut Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Laura Lynn Italian Blend Finely Shredded
Laura Lynn Pizza Blend Finely Shredded
Lucerne Dairy Farms Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Lucerne Dairy Farms Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Lucerne Dairy Farms Rustic Cut Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Nu Farm Fancy Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Publix Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Publix Italian Six Cheese Blend Fancy Shredded
Schuck’s Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Simply Go Classic Cut Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Simply Go Rustic Cut Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Simply Go Italian Style Six Cheese Blend Fine Cut Shredded
Simply Go Pizza Blend Two Cheese Mix Classic Cut Shredded
Sprouts Farmers Market Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Sprouts Farmers Market Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Stater Bros. Markets Finely Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Stater Bros. Markets Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Sunnyside Farms Shredded Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
Boar’s Head Just Recalled Cheese Due to Listeria Contamination—Here’s What to Know
The recalled cheese was sold in the following states and regions: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
Check your refrigerator if you have shredded cheese on hand, and if it matches the above information as well as the recall’s listed UPC and batch codes, dispose of the product immediately or return to your place of purchase for a potential refund. The recalled cheese might have metal fragments from the “supplier’s raw material,” posing an injury and illness risk to consumers. On December 1, this recall was classified as a Class II, meaning that the cheese “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.”2
For questions about this recall, contact the FDA at 1-888-INFO-FDA (1-888-463-6332).
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