Great Lakes Cheese company is recalling over 1.5 million bags of shredded cheese, including mozzarella, Italian-style, and pizza-style blends, sold under different brand names due to possible metal fragments in the products.
The problem was discovered after the firm notified FSIS that it received a consumer complaint reporting that pieces of metal were found in the product.
The problem was discovered after the establishment notified FSIS that they had received three consumer complaints reporting pieces of wood in the beef stew product.
Foreign object contamination can occur at any step in the supply chain. Mitigating these risks requires vigilance, adherence to proven standards, and understanding of new technologies that can enhance detection.
The agency is seeking increased funding, new staff and industry buy-in to expand its post-market surveillance of chemicals added to, as well as those that come in contact with, food products.
The X5 SideShoot can inspect product packaging up to 265mm in height and detect metal, glass, bone, ceramic/stone, dense plastics and product clumps.
The pizzas were produced on June 6, 2022, and include the 33.5 oz. “Home Run Inn CHICAGO’S PREMIUM PIZZERIA DELUXE SAUSAGE CLASSIC PIZZA” with “best by” date of 12/03/22.
The issue was uncovered by the manufacturing facility’s internal detection systems.
The product contains a salad dressing that could be contaminated with hard plastic.
Olga Pawluczyk is the founder and CEO of P&P Optica. She has pioneered the use of hyperspectral imaging in the food processing sector. We asked her how PPO’s Smart Imaging System uses the science of spectroscopy to improve the quality and safety of our food.
