Velveeta Cheese Recall: Walmart Stock Lacks Proper Preservatives

Velveeta cheese at Walmart stores in as many as 12 states is being recalled by Kraft because the product lacks the proper amount of preservatives.

Insufficient levels of sorbic acid has led to the recall of 260 cases of Velveeta original pasteurized recipe cheese product because it could cause the cheese product to spoil prematurely or cause food-borne illnesses, according to The Associated Press.

Kraft Foods Group Inc. said the cheese product was sent to three Walmart distribution centers and could have been shipped to as many as 12 states: Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin.

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The company said the code on the packages is 021000611614. The packages also have a date stamp that reads "17 DEC 2014" and the timeframe is between 10:54 and 14:35.

In May, more than a million cases of different kinds of cottage cheeses were recalled by Kraft over concerns that some ingredients used the products were not properly refrigerated.

The ingredients were not stored in accordance with proper temperature standards at a Tulare, California, manufacturing facility, company officials said, and the failure to properly store ingredients might have created conditions that could lead to premature spoilage and food-borne illness.

In April, Kraft issued an Oscar Mayer recall for 96,000 pounds of hot dogs after a customer found Cheese Dogs in the packaging for the company's Classic Wieners.

The Oscar Mayer Classic Cheese Dogs are reportedly made with milk, a known allergen that was not printed on the ingredient list on the Classic Wieners' label.

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