Class IITerminated · reported 2025-12-10
Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella shredded cheese, individually packaged in a plastic…
Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 10 December 2025 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Potential metal fragments from supplier raw material (downstream recall)
The record
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- Product
- Low-moisture part-skim mozzarella shredded cheese, individually packaged in a plastic bag, as: 1) Always Save - Shredded, 5 lb., UPC 7003865782, 4/case 2) Borden - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 5300007162, 6 or 12/case - Thick Cut, 8 oz., UPC 5300007170, 6/case 3) Brookshire's - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 9282510119, 12/case - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 9282510120, 12/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 9282510130, 6/case - Thick Cut, 8 oz., UPC 9282592197, 12/case 4) Cache Valley Creamery - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 7495802553, 6 or 12/case 5) Chestnut Hill - Fancy Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 3225116742, 6/case 6) Coburn Farms - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 5193331657, 12/case - Shredded, 12 oz., UPC 5193321820, 18/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 5193334257, 6/case 7) Econo - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 893800294, 12/case 8) Food Club - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 3680045573, 12/case - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 3680005117, 12/case - Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 3680005144, 12/case - Shredded, 32 oz., tube-style bag, UPC 3680012914, 6/case, case UPC 3680041215 - Shredded, 32 oz., square-style bag, UPC 3680038305, 6/case 9) Food Lion - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 3582609008, 12/case 10) Gold Rush Creamery - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 1401401014, 12/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 1401401030, 6/case 11) Good & Gather - Fine Cut, 8 oz., UPC 8523903860, 12/case - Classic, 8 oz., UPC 8523903849, 12/case - Classic, 32 oz., UPC 8523903852, 6/case 12) Great Lakes Cheese - Shredded, 5 lb., UPC 3651415034, 4/case 13) Great Value - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 7874237425, 6/case - Finely Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 7874204492, 5/case - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 7874235317, 6/case - Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 7874235321, 5/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 7874237475, 6/case - Shredded, 5 lb., UPC 7874204980, 4/case 14) Happy Farms by Aldi - Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 4061463330864, 12/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 4061463369413, 8/case 15) H-E-B - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 4122022272, 12/case - Thick, 8 oz., UPC 4122061295, 12/case - Shredded/Fancy Finamente Rallado, 8 oz., UPC 4122006759, 12/case (distributed for sale in Mexico only) 16) Hill Country Fare - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 4122018977, 12/case - Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 4122016234, 12/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 4122042334, 6/case - Shredded, 5 lb., UPC 4122082998, 4/case - Shredded/Rallado, 8 oz., UPC 4122024512, 12/case (distributed for sale in Mexico only) 17) Know & Love - Fine Cut, 8 oz., UPC 788030650, 12/case - Fine Cut, 16 oz., UPC 788030657, 12/case - Classic Cut, 8 oz., UPC 788030659, 12/case - Classic Cut, 32 oz., UPC 788030658, 6/case - Thick Cut, 8 oz., UPC 788030678, 12/case 18) Laura Lynn - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 8685401031, 12/case - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 8685400824, 12/case - Shredded, 12 oz., UPC 8685400815, 12/case - Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 8685406528, 12/case - Thick Cut Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 8685407109, 12/case 19) Lucerne Dairy Farms - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 2113004867, 12/case - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 2113004259, 12/case - Shredded Family Size, 32 oz., UPC 2113004741, 6/case - Rustic Cut, 8 oz., UPC 2113004944, 12/case - Rustic Cut Family Size, 32 oz., UPC 2113004949, 6/case 20) Nu Farm - Fancy Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 3104100151, 12/case 21) Publix - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 4141511665, 12/case - Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 4141523365, 12/case 22) Schnuck's - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 4131858010, 12/case 23) Simply Go - Classic Cut Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 1015983021, 12/case - Classic Cut Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 1015983020, 6/case - Rustic Cut Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 1015983040, 12/case 24) Sprouts Farmers Market - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 4667052284, 12/case - Shredded Value Pack, 32 oz., UPC 4667052279, 6/case 25) Stater Bros. Markets - Finely Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 7417546413, 12/case - Shredded, 8 oz., UPC 7417546402, 12/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 7417546435, 6/case 26) Sunnyside Farms - Shredded, 16 oz., UPC 1754450204, 5/case - Shredded, 32 oz., UPC 1754450057, 12/case
- UPC
- 7003865782
- Reason for recall
- Potential metal fragments from supplier raw material (downstream recall)
- Recalling firm
- Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
- Firm location
- Hiram, Ohio, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- H-0215-2026
- Quantity
- 235,789 cases
- Distribution
- AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MN, MO, MS, NC, NE, NM, NV, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and Puerto Rico
- Initiated
- 3 October 2025
- Reported by FDA
- 10 December 2025
- Terminated
- 24 April 2026
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Batch/Sell By Date: 1) Always Save 0008909996 2/15/2026 0008918166 2/20/2026 0008916368 2/22/2026 2) Borden - Shredded: 0008907003 2/12/2026 0008924424 2/20/2026 0008910598 3/18/2026 0008913670 3/19/2026 0008916551 3/25/2026 0008930620 3/27/2026 - Thick Cut: 0008915022 2/16/2026 0008916601 2/17/2026 3) Brookshire's - Finely Shredded: 1500562271 2/12/2026 - Shredded (8 oz.): 1500555310 2/5/2026 1500562874 2/13/2026 - Shredded (32 oz): 1500562589 2/12/2026 1500569744 2/19/2026 - Thick Cut: 1500562869 2/13/2026 4) Cache Valley Creamery 0008913583 2/12/2026 0008912796 2/12/2026 5) Chestnut Valley 0008920769 2/19/2026 0008919682 2/23/2026 0008919982 2/24/2026 6) Coburn Farms - Shredded (8 oz.): 0008913683 2/15/2026 0008918150 2/22/2026 - Shredded (12 oz.): 0008913664 2/15/2026 - Shredded (32 oz.): 0008912318 2/16/2026 7) Econo 0008903664 3/16/2026 8) Food Club - Finely Shredded: 0008909946 2/20/2026 - Shredded (8 oz.): 0008917638 2/21/2026 - Shredded (16 oz.): 0008917646 2/19/2026 - Shredded (32 oz. UPC 3680012914) 1500555283 2/5/2026 1500562601 2/13/2026 0008920642 2/21/2026 - Shredded (32 oz. UPC 3680038305) 0008912826 2/12/2026 0008911959 2/19/2026 9) Food Lion 0008918217 2/20/2026 10) Gold Rush Creamery 0008912230 1/13/2026 0008916203 1/20/2026 11) Good & Gather - Fine Cut (8 oz.): 0008909919 3/15/2026 0008920196 3/22/2026 0008917545 3/22/2026 - Classic (8 oz.): 0008904392 3/7/2026 0008899872 3/14/2026 0008907380 3/16/2026 0008917539 3/21/2026 - Classic (32 oz.) 0008911920 2/12/2026 0008923005 2/22/2026 12) Great Lakes Cheese 1500555917 1/6/2026 0008903739 1/7/2026 1500562505 1/13/2026 0008909003 1/15/2026 0008908886 1/16/2026 1500568799 1/20/2026 0008922769 1/20/2026 0008919726 1/23/2026 13) Great Value - Finely Shredded (8 oz.): 0008911228 2/12/2026 0008912298 2/15/2026 1500565874 2/15/2026 0008918186 2/19/2026 0008918845 2/19/2026 0008921742 2/23/2026 0008922882 2/25/2026 - Finely Shredded (16 oz.): 0008908012 2/13/2026 1500562848 2/14/2026 0008915666 2/20/2026 0008922990 2/26/2026 - Shredded (8 oz.): 0008912290 2/15/2026 0008916515 2/19/2026 0008915586 2/19/2026 0008919953 2/23/2026 0008927851 2/25/2026 - Shredded (16 oz.): 0008911240 2/12/2026 1500562715 2/14/2026 0008918840 2/19/2026 0008915665 2/19/2026 0008923008 2/26/2026 - Shredded (32 oz.): 1500555265 2/5/2026 0008899863 2/5/2026 0008909522 2/12/2026 1500562220 2/12/2026 1500568802 2/19/2026 0008923608 2/19/2026 0008915465 2/22/2026 - Shredded (5 lb.): 1500562009 2/9/2026 1500562506 2/12/2026 0008908005 2/13/2026 0008909521 2/14/2026 0008919915 2/15/2026 0008915093 2/20/2026 14) Happy Farms by Aldi - Shredded (16 oz.): 1500560016 2/8/2026 1500562694 2/14/2026 0008915062 2/18/2026 0008921597 2/21/2026 - Shredded (32 oz.): 0008914480 2/13/2026 15) H-E-B - Shredded (8 oz.): 1500562207 2/12/2026 1500568792 2/19/2026 - Thick: 1500555258 2/5/2026 1500562870 2/13/2026 1500569728 2/19/2026 - Shredded (8 oz. Mexico): 1500568833 2/19/2026 16) Hill Country Fare - Shredded (8 oz.): 1500555251 2/5/2026 1500562217 2/12/2026 1500569724 2/20/2026 - Shredded (16 oz.): 1500562208 2/12/2026 - Shredded (32 oz.): 1500562212 2/12/2026 1500568788 2/19/2026 - Shredded (5 lb.): 1500562504 2/12/2026 - Shredded (8 oz. Mexico): 1500569780 2/20/2026 17) Know & Love - Fine Cut (8 oz.): 0008916319 2/16/2026 - Fine Cut (16 oz.): 0008916318 2/19/2026 - Classic Cut (8 oz.): 0008919858 2/23/2026 - Classic Cut (32 oz.): 0008913961 2/13/2026 0008921460 2/22/2026 - Thick Cut: 0008917701 2/21/2026 18) Laura Lynn - Finely Shredded: 0008912119 2/16/2026 0008918097 2/21/2026 - Shredded (8 oz.): 0008912110 2/16/2026 0008918078 2/20/2026 - Shredded (12 oz.): 0008918080 2/19/2026 - Shredded (16 oz.): 0008918091 1/20/2026 - Thick Cut Shredded: 0008918168 2/21/2026 19) Lucerne Dairy Farms - Finely Shredded: 0008914847 2/13/2026 - Shredded (8 oz.): 1500555293 2/5/2026 0008907905 2/12/2026 - Shredded Family Size (32 oz.): 0008900706 2/5/2026 1500555296 2/5/2026 0008912904 2/12/2026 0008922665 2/19/2026 - Rustic Cut (8 oz.): 0008904559 2/5/2026 1500555294 2/5/2026 0008911924 2/12/2026 0008920874 2/20/2026 - Rustic Cut Family Size (32 oz.): 0008914867 2/12/2026 1500562625 2/13/2026 0008925394 2/26/2026 20) Nu Farm 0008897701 3/15/2026 21) Publix - Shredded (8 oz.): 0008910579 2/14/2026 - Shredded (16 oz.): 0008916560 2/19/2026 22) Schnuck's 0008910998 2/21/2026 23) Simply Go - Classic Cut Shredded (8 oz.): 0008916140 2/13/2026 - Classic Cut Shredded (32 oz.): 0008905357 2/5/2026 0008916131 2/13/2026 - Rustic Cut Shredded: 0008916145 2/12/2026 24) Sprout's Farmers Market - Finely Shredded: 0008894495 3/15/2026 - Shredded Value Pack (32 oz.): 0008904457 3/14/2026 25) Stater Bros. Markets - Finely Shredded: 0008906956 2/12/2026 0008915548 2/20/2026 - Shredded (8 oz.): 0008906958 2/12/2026 0008921299 2/19/2026 - Shredded (32 oz.): 0008906430 2/5/2026 0008913559 2/12/2026 26) Sunnyside Farms - Shredded (16 oz.): 0008920733 2/19/2026 - Shredded (32 oz.): 0008927474 2/26/2026
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
- The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
- This is one of 7 records covering the same recall event. The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so a recall of a product line appears here many times. Counting these records as 7 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 7. All 7 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 7 months, from 3 October 2025 to termination on 24 April 2026. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
- The distribution pattern names 31 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Cheese dominates Listeria recalls among dairy products because soft and semi-soft varieties hold enough moisture for the organism to grow at refrigeration temperature, and because most are eaten without any further cooking step.
Named in the distribution pattern: 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. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
What this recall was for
Foreign material
A foreign material recall means something that is not food was found in food: metal, plastic, glass, wood or insect matter, usually shed by equipment during processing.
A preventive controls plan covers foreign material under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.40
- Equipment and utensils: plant equipment designed and maintained so it cannot contaminate food with lubricants, fuel, metal fragments or contaminated water.
- 21 CFR 117.80(c)
- Manufacturing operations: the measures that protect food from contamination during processing, including the effective ones against metal and other extraneous material.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
Filed under cheese, milk and dairy and fresh produce. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
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Other cheese recalls for the same reason
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
Other records from Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 15 other records name this firm.
All 16 records for Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc
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