You may want to check the fridge if you’ve stocked up on shredded cheese, as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a class II recall on several brands, as the packages might contain metal fragments.
On Monday, December 1, the FDA classified the recall as class II, which applies to products that may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health effects. The Ohio-based cheese packager Great Lakes Cheese Co. first issued a voluntary recall in October on more than 250,000 cases (or more than 1.5 million bags) of shredded cheese due to the possible presence of metal fragments. But it wasn’t until this week that the FDA gave it a classification.
The recalled cheeses were sold under various labels at H-E-B, along with national retailers such as Walmart, Aldi, Target and Sprouts Farmers Market. The recall impacted 31 states, including Texas. Much of the recall includes low-moisture, part-skim mozzarella shredded cheese, which was sold at H-E-B under the H-E-B and the Hill Country Fare brand labels.
Cheeses included in the recall are listed below:
States where the recalled cheese was sold are as follows: 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.
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