The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·H-0216-2026·Announced 2025-12-10

Happy Farms Italian Style Shredded Cheese Recalled for Metal Fragments

Great Lakes Cheese Co. is recalling Happy Farms by Aldi Italian Style shredded cheese due to potential metal fragments. The recall affects 1,900 cases distributed across 32 states and Puerto Rico.

What this means for you

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: FDA Class II metal contamination in food represents a direct risk-of-harm to consumers (choking, physical injury). Per the severity rubric, this qualifies as High (3) because it is a risk-of-harm product with no reported injuries or illnesses.

Plain-English summary

Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. is recalling Happy Farms by Aldi Italian Style shredded cheese blend (12 oz. bags, UPC 4061463330949) due to potential metal fragments contaminating the product. The metal fragments originated from raw material supplied to the manufacturer.

The recalled product was distributed to 32 states and Puerto Rico. Affected batches have sell-by dates of February 22, 2026 (batch code 0008922982) and February 23, 2026 (batch code 0008926344). Approximately 1,900 cases are involved in this recall.

Consumers who have purchased affected batches should not consume this product. This recall is classified as a downstream recall, meaning the contamination originated in the supplier's raw material rather than in the manufacturer's processing.

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 — Cheese
Hazard
  • metal-fragments
  • choking

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

Distributed in 31 states:

  • AL
  • AR
  • AZ
  • CA
  • CO
  • FL
  • GA
  • ID
  • IL
  • IN
  • KS
  • KY
  • LA
  • MN
  • MO
  • MS
  • NC
  • NE
  • NM
  • NV
  • NY
  • OK
  • OR
  • PA
  • SC
  • TN
  • TX
  • UT
  • VA
  • WA
  • WI

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