Hundreds of thousands of bags of shredded cheese are being recalled due to possible contamination of metal fragments, and some of the packages were sold in Texas and New Mexico.

Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc. initially issued a voluntary recall in October and pulled more than 200,000 cases of the product from 31 states, which were sold at major retailers, including Target, Walmart, Sprouts, and Aldi, according to the Food and Drug Administration.

Great Lakes is the nation's "leading natural cheese packager," according to its website.

The FDA reclassified the recall’s risk level to “ Class I ” on Dec. 1 to signify that consuming the products “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.” The FDA urges consumers who purchased the affected products not to eat t

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