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

Plain-English summary

Pizza style shredded cheese blend, containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella and mild cheddar cheeses, is being recalled. It was packaged in plastic bags under six brands: Econo Pizza Shredded 8 oz (UPC 893800297); Food Club Pizza Style Two Cheese Blend, finely shredded 8 oz (UPC 3680012422), shredded 32 oz square-style bag (UPC 3680044487) and shredded 32 oz tube-style bag (UPC 3680048197); Gold Rush Creamery Pizza Blend shredded 32 oz (UPC 1401401030); Great Value Pizza Blend shredded 8 oz (UPC 538818789); Laura Lynn Pizza Blend finely shredded 8 oz (UPC 8685402132); and Simply Go Pizza Blend Two Cheese Mix classic cut shredded 32 oz (UPC 1015983022).

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

The recall covers 4,298 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

Pizza style shredded cheese blend (containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella and mild cheddar cheeses), individually packaged in a plastic bag as: 1) Econo Pizza - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 893800297, 12/case 2) Food Club Pizza Style Two Cheese Blend - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC

Manufacturer

Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc

Category

Food — Dairy

Hazard

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

Distribution

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