FDA Recall United States Terminated Historical recordClass III
Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.
- Product
- HEB Easy Melt Salsa Queso, with Tomatoes, Jalapeno Peppers &…
- Published
- September 27, 2023
- Distribution
- Multiple states
Great Lakes Cheese, Inc. Recall: Refrigerated pasteurized process cheese products may not be refrigerated at customer level due to labeled refrigeration requirements varying on finished product labels.
United States
TerminatedClass III
- Company
- Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.
- Product
- giant eagle Easy Melt, Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Spread.…
- Recall date
- August 11, 2023
- Terminated
- January 10, 2025
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Refrigerated pasteurized process cheese products may not be refrigerated at customer level due to labeled refrigeration requirements varying on finished product labels.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| giant eagle Easy Melt, Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Spread. Net Wt 32 oz (2lb)907g. UPC 0 30034-06289 7. Refrigerate after Opening. Distributed by Giant Eagle, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15328-2809. | Not published in this source record | 7,218,700 lbs. total | Use by Date and Earlier: 1/2/2024 |
Distribution
- AL
- AZ
- CA
- CO
- CT
- FL
- GA
- IL
- IN
- KS
- KY
- LA
- MD
- ME
- MI
- MN
- MO
- NC
- ND
- NE
- NM
- NY
- OH
- OR
- PA
- SC
- TN
- TX
- UT
- VA
- WA
- WI
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-1524-2023
- Event ID
- 92858
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class III
- Company
- Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.
- Product description
- giant eagle Easy Melt, Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Spread. Net Wt 32 oz (2lb)907g. UPC 0 30034-06289 7. Refrigerate after Opening. Distributed by Giant Eagle, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA 15328-2809.
- Quantity
- 7,218,700 lbs. total
- Reason
- Refrigerated pasteurized process cheese products may not be refrigerated at customer level due to labeled refrigeration requirements varying on finished product labels.
- Recall initiation date
- August 11, 2023
- Report date
- September 27, 2023
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- January 10, 2025
- Distribution pattern
- AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, ND, NE, NM, NY, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI
- UPC, lot, and code information
- Use by Date and Earlier: 1/2/2024
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial notification method
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Source last updated
- Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
- Public Health Trace retrieval date
Other products recalled under this same event
This recall shares FDA event ID 92858 with 9 other product entries in Public Health Trace.
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- Product
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- Published
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- Distribution
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Responsible company: Great Lakes Cheese, Inc.
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- Product
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- Product
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- Published
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- Distribution
- Multiple states
A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.
Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.
| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| Alabama | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indiana | 1 |
| Kansas | 1 |
| Kentucky | 1 |
| Louisiana | 1 |
| Maryland | 1 |
| Maine | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| Minnesota | 1 |
| Missouri | 1 |
| North Carolina | 1 |
| North Dakota | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| New Mexico | 1 |
| New York | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Oregon | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 1 |
| South Carolina | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 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.
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