At 5:30 PM on September 19th, 2023, the Kraft Heinz Company publicized their voluntary recall of Kraft Singles American Processed Cheese Slices due to a packaging issue. During the process of the Kraft cheese product being wrapped, some film was found remaining attached to the Processed Cheese Slices. This malfunction was discovered after multiple customers reported having choked or gagged on film while consuming Kraft Singles American Processed Cheese Slices.
The Kraft Heinz Company shared that approximately 83,800 individually-packaged cases of their Kraft Singles American Processed Cheese Slices have been recalled, and taken off the shelves of their usual retailers. In their recall publication, Kraft Heinz shared that, “…the issue was discovered after we received several consumer complaints about finding the plastic stuck to a slice, including six complaints of consumers saying they choked or gagged in connection with the issue. No injuries or serious health issues have been reported.” The Kraft Singles American Processed Cheese affected are 16 ounces in weight, with a UPC Code of 0 2100061526 1. The Best When Used By Date of the recalled cheese product is displayed as January 10th, 2024, through January 27th, 2024. Also included in the recall is the 3 pound, Kraft Singles American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product. The affected product has a Best When Used By date between January 9th, 2024 to January 13th, 2024. It contains a UPC Code of 0 2100060491 3.
While several complaints were filed against Kraft Heinz for the discovery of plastic on the cheese, along with six confirmed cases of choking or gagging, no deaths or serious illness has been reported. Kraft Heinz clarified in their recall announcement that they are “…committed to upholding the highest safety and quality standards and apologizes for this inconvenience.Kraft Heinz has fixed the machine that wrapped the affected slices and all other processing machines have been thoroughly inspected.”
If in possession of the afore-described Kraft Singles American Processed Cheese Slices product, customers should either discard the product or return to the location of purchase to be completely refunded.
