There is a recall for more than 260,000 cases of shredded cheese sold in 31 states and Puerto Rico because of the potential for metal fragment contamination, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA said that the various shredded cheeses were recalled by Great Lakes Cheese Co. The cheese products are sold under private store-brand labels at several retailers, including Target, Walmart and Aldi.

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[–] 5 points 11 months ago

Not providing a link to the actual FDA recall report takes this article from potentially helpful to inept fear/ragebaiting. This article has no actionable details in it at all. It's only function is to drive clicks and generate engagement.

I found the above link in another article on the subject. I know nothing of that news site, but at least they took the time to repeat and summarize the important details and present them in a format that is easier to read than the FDA site.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    How else am I supposed to get my iron?

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago

    I wouldn't go that far. It's fine for most things you'd use it in, and it's a lot less work. Especially for those with mobility or dexterity issues, like many of the elderly.

    People always seems to forget about them when making useless blanket statements.

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    [–] 26 points 11 months ago

    Oh, wow. The FDA still exists.

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  • [–] 38 points 11 months ago (10 children)

    sold in 31 states

    Such as?

    sold under private store-brand labels at several retailers, including Target, Walmart and Aldi.

    And the rest are?

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  • [–] 31 points 11 months ago (8 children)

    I think this is the report: https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/?Event=97827

    Seems like it's only shredded, part-skim mozzarella.

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  • [–] 27 points 11 months ago (7 children)

    It looks like more than that, according to this article (which, hey, has some actually useful information. Thanks for nothing, AP.)

    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

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  • [–] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    So alll of those cheese brands, are really just Great Lakes Cheese Co.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    In a way, yes. I work in the cheese industry, and there's only a handful of manufacturers making things; a lot of times the only thing that differs is the packaging. Especially when it comes to something simple like shredded mozzarella cheese, the store brands are all the same product with different packaging.

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  • [–] [S] 17 points 11 months ago

    great question and actually important info missing from this article.

    i tried to use their feedback form to ask them to update the article and it just yells at me that i can’t use inappropriate words… when there are no inappropriate words in my message. gg ap news

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  • [–] 12 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    https://parade.com/food/cheese-recall-aldi-target-walmart-december2025 This article's a little more extensive. It's weird apnews didn't link to the fda report that briantheebiscuiteer linked to, since that has the actual actionable info people would need.

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    [–] 11 points 11 months ago (9 children)

    This is pretty surprising as almost every food factory that I know of (a lot) has metal detectors just prior to final boxing (called "case packing" in the industry).

    AMA for any food production related questions

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Until the detectors break and management just says keep going until that part shows up.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I'm not saying that would never happen, because I'm sure it has. However, most places would have a spare metal detector unit just in case this type of thing happened.

    What is probably more likely is that the factory did not have a very frequent test cycle for their metal detector. Which means, the metal detector could have been broken for a long time and nobody noticed it. Given enough time, something is going to happen and the product could have become contaminated with metal shavings.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    … I don’t want to know. I want to like food.

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  • [–] 11 points 11 months ago (3 children)

    Then you'll be happy to know that - for the most part - the vast majority of food manufacturers are trying to provide a quality product at the price point they're targeting. Meaning... You get what you pay for.

    It's extremely rare to find an absolutely nasty factory out there. They do exist, but the norm is perfectly fine.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago

    What a great article about a public health concern that gives literally no information about how to identify said cheeses

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    [–] 6 points 11 months ago (6 children)

    Run a magnet through your cheese before you eat it.

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  • [–] 17 points 11 months ago (4 children)

    That only helps to find ferrous metals.

    Most food production equipment is stainless, and not very magnetic if at all.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    Fine, I'll give it the tongue test and aggressively mash each bite into the roof of my mouth before I swallow it.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    So I'm guessing some of the processing equipment broke or was breaking resulting in contamination. Because the web page does not like my phone.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    Yeah. If some piece of junk accidentally makes it into the shredder machine, it's probably going to get shredded along with the cheese.

    How does that happen, you ask? If a box on the line catches a piece of a machine, it could break it off. Or if something comes in boxes and gets dumped right in, if the packer put their box cutter down in the wrong spot, it's getting packed in, and will be shredded with the cheese.

    This stuff happens all the time, because shit happens. Most of the time it gets caught.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    FDA/USDA is a goddamn fucking joke. They consider themselves “industry partners”.

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  • [–] 2 points 11 months ago

    I can't believe nobody realizes this is Trump's doing. He wants to Make America Grate Again.

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago

    I wonder if this is the same exact cheese recall from a couple months ago. I remember seeing half the cheese section at my walmart gone with recall tags. They were back in like 3 days.

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