Shredded cheese blend recalled over potential metal fragments from a supplier
Great Lakes Cheese is recalling 1,900 cases of Happy Farms by Aldi Italian Style shredded cheese blend over potential metal fragments originating in a supplier raw material.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is 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.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: Scored 3 under the risk-of-harm criterion: metal fragments in a ready-to-eat food are a physical hazard, and no illnesses or injuries are reported.
Plain-English summary
Happy Farms by Aldi Italian Style shredded cheese blend, containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, not-smoked provolone, romano, asiago and parmesan finely shredded cheeses, is being recalled. The product is sold in 12 oz plastic bags, UPC 4061463330949, in 6-per-combo cases that also contain 6 bags of the Taco Style product.
The recall is a downstream action following potential metal fragments from a supplier raw material.
The recall covers 1,900 cases carrying batch and sell-by codes 0008922982 2/22/2026 and 0008926344 2/23/2026. Distribution covered 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 FDA has classified the action as Class II.
Consumers who have a bag matching these codes should not eat it and should follow the retailer's return instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Happy Farms by Aldi Italian Style shredded cheese blend (containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, not-smoked provolone, romano, asiago & parmesan finely shredded cheeses), 12 oz., individually packaged in a plastic bag, UPC 4061463330949, 6/combo case also containing 6 bags…
- Manufacturer
- Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
- Category
- Food — Dairy
- Affected units
- 1,900
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (1)
- Batch/Sell By Date: 0008922982 2/22/2026 0008926344 2/23/2026
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 7 recalled by Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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