--- description: Kraft has recalled some American cheese singles after reports of customers choking on plastic wrapping title: Kraft Recalls Cheese Because People Are Choking on the Plastic image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b2de2405bf49abf/69885d85f887dcb9b7e91aa6/1lb.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Companies](/tag/companies/) ## Companies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kraft Recalls Cheese Because People Are Choking on the Plastic by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2015 12:08 PM CUT  The Kraft Heinz Company is voluntarily recalling select code dates and manufacturing codes of Kraft Singles individually-wrapped slices. The Kraft Heinz Company is voluntarily recalling select code dates and manufacturing codes of Kraft Singles individually-wrapped slices. by [Sam Frizell](/author/sam-frizell/) ## Sam Frizell Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 3, 2015 12:08 PM CUT That might be the last burger you’ll ever eat. Kraft has recalled some American cheese singles after reports of several Americans choking on plastic wrapping. Some sections of the plastic may remain connected to the cheese after it’s unwrapped, causing three Americans to choke and 10 complaints, according to a [company statement](http://newscenter.kraftfoodsgroup.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=253200&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=2073656 "undefined"). The recall applies to 3- and 4-pound sizes of Kraft Singles American and White American pasteurized prepared cheese with a use-by date of December 29, 2015 to January 4, 2016\. That’s about 36,000 cases of the recalled product in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Grand Cayman. “We deeply regret this situation and apologize to any consumers we have disappointed,” Kraft said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3981962/kraft-recalls-cheese/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3981962/kraft-recalls-cheese/"},"headline":"Kraft Recalls Cheese Because People Are Choking on the Plastic","datePublished":"2015-08-03T12:08:53.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:22:56.029Z","description":"Kraft has recalled some American cheese singles after reports of customers choking on plastic wrapping","url":"https://time.com/3981962/kraft-recalls-cheese/","keywords":["Companies","Newsfeed","kraft"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b2de2405bf49abf/69885d85f887dcb9b7e91aa6/1lb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sam Frizell","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sam-frizell/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9b2de2405bf49abf/69885d85f887dcb9b7e91aa6/1lb.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"1LB","caption":"The Kraft Heinz Company is voluntarily recalling select code dates and manufacturing codes of Kraft Singles individually-wrapped slices.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/companies/","name":"Companies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3981962/kraft-recalls-cheese/","name":"Kraft Recalls Cheese Because People Are Choking on the Plastic"}}]}] ```