The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·H-0217-2026·Announced 2025-12-10

Italian style shredded cheese recalled over potential metal fragments from a supplier

Great Lakes Cheese is recalling 15,490 cases of Italian style shredded cheese blend, sold under eight brands, 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

Italian style shredded cheese blend, containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, provolone, parmesan, romano, fontina and asiago cheese, is being recalled. It was packaged in plastic bags under eight brands: Brookshire's Italian 6-Cheese finely shredded 8 oz (UPC 9282510174); Cache Valley Creamery Six Cheese Italian finely shredded 8 oz (UPC 7495800257); Coburn Farms Italian Style finely shredded 12 oz (UPC 5193365638); Great Value Italian Style finely shredded 8 oz (UPC 7874201566) and 16 oz (UPC 7874203979); Know & Love Italian Style fine cut 8 oz (UPC 788030645); Laura Lynn Italian Blend finely shredded 8 oz (UPC 8685405157); Publix Italian Six Cheese Blend fancy shredded 8 oz (UPC 4141518065); and Simply Go Italian Style Six Cheese Blend fine cut shredded 8 oz (UPC 1015983015).

The recall is a downstream action following potential metal fragments from a supplier raw material.

The recall covers 15,490 cases, each brand carrying its own batch and sell-by codes listed in the enforcement record. 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 one of these brands and codes should not eat it and should follow the retailer's return instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Italian style shredded cheese blend (containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, provolone, parmesan, romano, fontina and asiago cheese), individually packaged in a plastic bag, as: 1) Brookshire's Italian 6-Cheese - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 9282510174, 12/case 2) Cache…
Manufacturer
Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
Category
Food — Dairy
Hazard
Affected units
15,490

Distribution

Distributed in 32 states:

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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