Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc Recall: 5 lb. loaves of cheese may contain metal foreign material.

🇺🇸 United States

1. October 11, 2019 - Recall initiated
2. December 4, 2019 - Reported by source
3. September 25, 2020 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0187-2020

Event ID

84046

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class III

Company

Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc

Product description

Pasteurized Process American Cheese, white, 2 - 5lb loaves per case. Brands as follows: 1) ingles; 2) Publix Deli; 3) Primo Taglio Classics; 4) Tropical

Quantity

2487 cases

Reason

5 lb. loaves of cheese may contain metal foreign material.

Recall initiation date

October 11, 2019

Report date

December 4, 2019

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

September 25, 2020

Distribution pattern

Distributed to 12 states: MA, PA, MD, NY, VT, ME, NC, GA, FL, KY, NJ, and IL

UPC, lot, and code information

Expiration Date: 1) 06/14/2020; 2) 06/14/2020, 06/20/2020; 3) 06/14/2020; 4) 06/14/2020

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Telephone

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 84046 with 5 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc

Other recalls from Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
Massachusetts	1
Pennsylvania	1
Maryland	1
New York	1
Vermont	1
Maine	1
North Carolina	1
Georgia	1
Florida	1
Kentucky	1
New Jersey	1
Illinois	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

Where this information comes from

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Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

Frequently asked questions

What does a Class III mean?

A situation in which use of or exposure to a product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

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