We've all read innumerable recalls of various products for different reasons. Some are just ho-hum, same old, same old, and all that. However, a recall of shredded cheese sold in 31 states is potentially much more dangerous: so much so that I thought it deserved mentioning it here.
Shredded cheese sold at major retailers, including Target, Walmart, and Aldi, has been recalled in 31 states and Puerto Rico, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The cheese, produced by Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc., was initially recalled on Oct. 3 for containing metal fragments, which pose the risk of internal injury if consumed. On Dec. 2, the FDA updated the risk level to Class II, the second-highest, meaning the chances of serious health consequences are "remote," but there is a possibility of temporary or reversible effects.
There's a full list of affected products and brands at the link. I highly recommend checking your groceries against that list, and getting rid of any that match. Ingesting metal fragments is anything but funny - particularly if your kids are affected!
Peter
10 comments:
Thanks! I've been spamming the heck out of that recall notification in hopes that people would see it!
Ouch... That sucks...
My wife avoids store brands. She questions the quality, and it appears her concern is well founded.
Thanks for that notice. I have a bag of their shredded cheese...didn't find metal,
but did find a 3/4" hard plastic shard in it! Great Value Mexican Style shredded
cheese blend.
One interesting thing this shows is while they might not be identical, all those brands of cheese are come from the sample place and are probably the same.
That's not the way I want to get more Iron and zinc in my diet.
The plastic is supposed to be there, it is Mexican Style cheese after all.
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You're thinking shards of broken Modelo bottles...
This is a major failure in the production or packaging line.
The Dept of Agriculture requires them to have metal detectors in line and they should auto stop the line until it is resolved. They were either not working or bypassed
The plastic is a different issue though, zip ties are supposed to me metal detectable as well.
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