The Big Cheese Recall
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 recall, which was initiated in October and reclassified by the FDA as a Class II recall in December 2025, affects various store-brand cheeses sold at retailers like Walmart, Target, Publix and Aldi.
The recall was covered by many consumer news outlets mostly advising consumers to not consume the affected cheese and to throw it away or return it to the store for a full refund.
The Ohio based employee owned company has nine cheese manufacturing and packing plants in the US. At the time of this post, the company had not posted anything on its website about the recall.
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