Shredded cheese blend recalled over potential metal fragments from a supplier

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

Hazard

• foreign-material
• metal-fragments
• supplier-recall

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Distribution

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