Kraft Foods Recalls Some String Cheese Products Citing Premature Spoilage

(RTTNews) - Packaged food giant Kraft Foods Group Inc. (KRFT), Friday said it is voluntarily recalling some varieties of Kraft and Polly-O String Cheese and String Cheese Twists products. The company said that these products may get spoilt and change color, before their expiration or 'Best When Used By' code dates. The products affected have the code dates from October 25, 2013 through February 11, 2014. About 735,000 cases of the affected product were shipped to customers across the United States, but none was distributed in Canada.

Kraft announced the recall after getting several reports from customers about premature spoilage of certain string cheese products. The packaged food company also stopped the production and distribution of the affected products from the relevant facility, to continue investigation to resolve the problem. The company said that the consumers who purchased the recalled cheese products should not eat it, and should return it to the store where purchased for an exchange or full refund. The affected products were made in Campbell,New York.