Mozzarella cheese sticks are breaded Mozzarella Stick designed to be cooked in either the oven or a fryer. The

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Mozzarella cheese sticks are breaded Mozzarella Stick designed to be cooked in either the oven or a fryer. The package contains a clear inner plastic sealed bag with the food product, inside a cardboard larger carton. The net weight is 8 oz., and there are 12 units per case. Product is sold under brand HyVee and has the UPC # 0 75450 14991 3. The product is labeled in parts: "HyVee mozzarella sticksmozzarella cheese in a crispy breadingovenable keep frozenNET WT 8 OZ (227 g)DISTRIBUTED BY HY-VEE, INC. 5820 WESTOWN PARKWAY WEST DES MOINES, IA 502661-800-289-8343CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, EGGS". Great American Appetizers, Inc. · reported 2014-12-24

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Mozzarella cheese contains Soy Flour but the Ingredients Statement declares only Soybean Oil and the Contains statement does not declare Soy. The label does not declare yellow # 5 and yellow #6.
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2014-11-14
Reported by the agency: 2014-12-24
Closed out (terminated): 2015-03-03
Recalling firm: Great American Appetizers, Inc.
Nampa, ID
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): distributed directly in Iowa
States we parsed from that text: IA
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Batters, breadings & coatings Dairy Eggs Frozen prepared foodsderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-0743-2015

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