Headlines about a shredded cheese recall affecting more than a quarter of a million cases of various products have been making the rounds for the last few days, understandably alarming consumers.

Yet the recall itself is not new, despite only being widely publicized at this time. Here’s what you need to know.

What’s happened?

Back in early October, a company called Great Lakes Cheese Co of Hiram, Ohio, reportedly issued a large-scale recall that impacted a range of shredded cheese products.

The recall was initiated after Great Lakes Cheese was informed by one of its suppliers that some of its “Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella” may have been contaminated with a foreign material—in this case, metal fragments.

The consumption of metal fragments could obviously cause internal injuries to

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