FDA recall H-0216-2026 · Dec 10, 2025
Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc: Happy Farms by Aldi Italian Style shredded cheese blend (containing low-moisture part-skim recall
Product
Happy Farms by Aldi Italian Style shredded cheese blend (containing low-moisture part-skim mozzarella, not-smoked provolone, romano, asiago & parmesan finely shredded cheeses), 12 oz., individually packaged in a plastic bag, UPC 4061463330949, 6/combo case also containing 6 bags of Taco Style product
Reason for recall
Potential metal fragments from supplier raw material (downstream recall)
What to do
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Recall details
- FDA classification
- Class II: use of or exposure to the product may cause temporary or medically reversible health problems, or the chance of serious problems is remote.
- Status
- Terminated
- Codes, lots and dates
- Batch/Sell By Date: 0008922982 2/22/2026 0008926344 2/23/2026
- Quantity
- 1,900 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
- Recalling firm
- Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc, Hiram, OH
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall started
- 2025-10-03
Source: openFDA enforcement record H-0216-2026 · search recall number H-0216-2026 in FDA's Enforcement Report.
Copied from the agency record without changes. Data as of Oct 14, 2026, 1:15 AM EDT. The agency notice is the final word.
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