Kraft Heinz Expands Sliced Cheese Recall for Choking Hazard

The Kraft Heinz Company is expanding the recall of select code dates and manufacturing codes of individually-wrapped American slices due to the possibility that a thin strip of the individual packaging film may remain adhered to the slice after the wrapper has been removed. If the film sticks to the slice and is not removed, it could potentially cause a choking hazard.

The original July 31, 2015 recall has been expanded. This product list below is inclusive of the previously recalled 3 LB and 4 LB sizes of Kraft Singles American and White American pasteurized prepared cheese product with a “Best When Used By” date of 29 DEC 15 through 04 JAN 16, followed by the Manufacturing Code S54 or S55.

Only products with the S54 and S55 codes, which refer to the two production lines on which the impacted product was made, are included in this recall. The “Best When Used By” Date and Manufacturing Code are stamped on both the outer box and the individual packages.

The voluntary recall is expanded to include the following varieties of Kraft Heinz American slices in addition to the original recall:

Product		3 or 4 lb Sell Unit		1 lb Package		3 or 4 lb Sell Unit		1 lb Package
		Best When Used		Best When Used		UPC		UPC
		By		By
		Code Date		Code Date
4 LB Kraft Singles		13 DEC 15 S54		13 DEC 15 S54		0 2100063360 9		No UPC – Clear film
American		through		through
		18 FEB 16 S54		18 FEB 16 S54
				AND
				13 DEC 15 S55
				through
				18 FEB 16 S55
3 LB Kraft Singles		14 DEC 15 S54		14 DEC 15 S54		0 2100060491 3		0 2100061526 1
American		through		through
(Three – 1 LB		18 FEB 16 S 54		18 FEB 16 S54
packages)
				AND
				14 DEC 15 S55
				through
				18 FEB 16 S55
3 LB Kraft Singles		12 JAN 16 S 54		12 JAN 16 S 54		0 2100061582 7		0 2100061527 8
White American
				AND
				12 JAN 16 S 55
4 LB Kraft Singles		12 DEC 15 S54		12 DEC 15 S54		0 2100063448 4		No UPC – Clear film
White American		through		through
		13 FEB 16 S54		13 FEB 16 S54
				AND
				12 DEC 15 S55
				through
				13 FEB 16 S55
1 LB Kraft Singles		NA		24 JAN 16 S54		NA		0 2100061526 1
				through
				06 FEB 16 S54
				AND
				24 JAN 16 S55
				through
				06 FEB 16 S55
1 LB Kraft Singles		NA		11 JAN 16 S54		NA		0 2100061527 8
White American
				AND
				11 JAN 16 S55
3 LB Kraft Singles		09 DEC 15 S54		NA		0 2100060491 3		No UPC – Clear film
American		through
(72 individually-		19 FEB 16 S54
wrapped Singles in
cardboard carton)
3 LB Deli Deluxe		21 JAN 16 S54		21 JAN 16 S54		0 2100001386 9		No UPC – Clear film
Kraft American		through		through
Singles		02 MAR 16 S54		02 MAR 16 S54
				AND
				21 JAN 16 S55
				through
				02 MAR 16 S55

The following varieties of Kraft Singles products are part of the original recall:

Product		3 or 4 lb Box		1 lb Package		3 or 4 lb Box		1 lb Package
		Best When Used		Best When Used		UPC		UPC
		By Code Date		By Code Date
4 LB Kraft Singles		29 DEC 15 S54		29 DEC 15 S54		0 2100063360 9		No UPC –
American		through		through				Clear outer wrapper
		01 JAN 16 S54		01 JAN 16 S54
				AND
				29 DEC 15 S55
				through
				01 JAN 16 S55
3 LB Kraft Singles		30 DEC 15 S54		30 DEC 15 S54		0 2100060491 3		0 2100061526 1
American		through		through
		04 JAN 16 S54		04 JAN 16 S54
				AND
				30 DEC 15 S55
				through
				04 JAN 16 S55
3 LB Kraft Singles		02 JAN 16 S 54		02 JAN 16 S54		0 2100061582 7		0 2100061527 8
White American		through		through
		03 JAN 16 S 54		03 JAN 16 S54
				AND
				02 JAN 16 S55
				through
				03 JAN 16 S55
4 LB Kraft Singles		02 JAN 16 S 54		02 JAN 16 S54		0 2100063448 4		No UPC –
White American								Clear outer wrapper
				AND
				02 JAN 16 S55

No other sizes, varieties or code dates are included in this recall. And no products with manufacturing codes other than “S54” and “S55” after the code date are included in this recall.

Kraft Heinz is taking this action as a result of two new consumer complaints of choking in connection with the packaging issue.

Approximately 335,000 additional cases of the recalled product were shipped by Kraft Heinz to retailers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands Grand Cayman, Netherland Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea, St. Lucia, and British Virgin Islands.

Consumers who purchased this product should not eat it. They should return it to the store where purchased for an exchange or full refund. Consumers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico can also contact Kraft Heinz Consumer Relations for a full refund, at 1-800-432-3101, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Eastern Time.

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