Freedom’s Choice Shredded Mozzarella Cheese Recalled

The Defense Commissary Agency is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Freedom’s Choice Shredded Mozzarella Cheese because they may be contaminated with extraneous materials, according to a recall notice from the Defense Commissary Agency’s food safety office sent July 11.

The Defense Commissary Agency has publicized this recall to all its stores, said Richard Stith, supervisory consumer safety officer for DeCA headquarters at Fort Lee, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.    

The following product is affected by this recall:

• Freedom’s Choice Shredded Mozzarella Cheese, 16 ounces: UPC 84279810097, all lot codes with an “expiration date” of Oct. 4

Customers should return the product to the commissary of purchase for a full refund.