Great Lakes Cheese Recalls Shredded-Cheese Items Due to Risk of Metal Fragments -- Update

By Josh Beckerman

Great Lakes Cheese recalled several shredded-cheese products due to potential metal fragments from supplier raw material.

The Hiram, Ohio, company began the voluntary multistate recall in early October. On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration classified it as a Class II recall. According to the FDA's website, the Class II category is for a "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."

The recalled items include 235,789 cases of low-moisture part-skim mozzarella shredded cheese, under various brands such as Great Value, Good & Gather, Happy Farms by Aldi, Borden and Lucerne Dairy Farms. Other recalled products include smaller amounts of pizza-style cheese blends.

Responding to the FDA report, Great Lakes Cheese said in early October that a supplier of low-moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese notified it of a recall, and Great Lakes Cheese immediately isolated the affected raw material in its facilities and took action to remove packaged goods containing this item.

"While the status of the recall is marked as ongoing in the enforcement report, our records show all product has been fully removed from store shelves," the cheese company said.

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