The Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers to double-check their shredded cheese after an Ohio-based company recalled multiple products distributed to 31 states for potentially containing metal fragments.
The recall from Great Lakes Cheese Co. was first initiated on Oct. 3, but was reclassified on Monday to Class II, which is defined as “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,” according to the FDA.
The cheeses were distributed in 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 recalled cheeses, which were made by Great Lakes Cheese Co. but sold by different brands, included:
Recalled shredded cheese products
Always Save
Shredded
Borden
Shredded
Thick Cut
Brookshire’s
Finely Shredded
Shredded
Thick Cut
Italian 6-Cheese – Finely Shredded
Cache Valley Creamery
Shredded
Six Cheese Italian – Finely Shredded
Chestnut Hill
Fancy Shredded
Coburn Farms
Shredded
Italian Style – Finely Shredded
Econo
Shredded
Pizza- Shredded
Food Club
Finely Shredded
Shredded
Finely Shredded Pizza Style Four Cheese Blend
Pizza Style Two Cheese Blend- Finely Shredded
Food Lion
Shredded
Freedom’s Choice
Pizza Blend – Fine-Cut
Gold Rush Creamery
Shredded
Good & Gather
Fine Cut
Classic
Mozzarella & Provolone – Classic
Mozzarella & Parmesan shredded cheese blend
Great Lakes Cheese
Shredded
Mozzarella & Provolone – Shredded
Great Value
Finely Shredded
Shredded
Italian Style – Finely Shredded
Provolone & Mozzarella Blend – Shredded
Happy Farms by Aldi
Shredded
Italian-style shredded cheese blend
H-E-B
Shredded
Thick
Hill Country Fare
Shredded
Know & Love
Fine Cut
Classic Cut
Italian Style – Fine Cut
Laura Lynn
Finely Shredded
Shredded
Thick Cut Shredded
Italian Blend – Finely Shredded
Lucerne Dairy Farms
Finely Shredded
Shredded
Shredded Family Size
Rustic Cut
Rustic Cut Family Size
Nu Farm
Fancy Shredded
Publix
Shredded
Italian Six Cheese Blend – Fancy Shredded
Schnuck’s
Shredded
Simply Go
Classic Cut Shredded
Rustic Cut Shredded
Italian Style Six Cheese Blend – Fine Cut Shredded
Sprouts Farmers Market
Finely Shredded
Shredded Value Pack
Stater Bros. Markets
Finely Shredded
Shredded
Sunnyside Farms
Shredded
The products were sold in Walmart, Target, Aldi and other supermarkets across the country. Anyone who has bought one of these cheeses is asked not to eat it, as the metal fragments can cause serious injury, and should return it to their local store for a full refund.