Ticker: Americans gave $4B on GivingTuesday; Big cheese recall 

Americans gave billion to nonprofits on GivingTuesday in an increase from the billion they gave in according to estimates from the nonprofit GivingTuesday More people also volunteered their time on the Tuesday after Thanksgiving this year which fell on Dec and has become a major fundraising day for nonprofits This year million people in the U S volunteered up from million last year GivingTuesday started in as a hashtag and a project of the nd St Y in New York and has since become an independent nonprofit The organization estimates how much was given and how several people volunteer using material from a wide variety of sources including giving platforms payment processors and utility applications that nonprofits use Big cheese recall There is a recall for more than cases of shredded cheese sold in states and Puerto Rico because of the possible for metal fragment contamination according to the U S Food and Drug Administration The FDA mentioned that the various shredded cheeses were recalled by Great Lakes Cheese Co The cheese products are sold under private store-brand labels at several retailers including Target Walmart and Aldi The recall includes various cheeses such as mozzarella Italian style pizza style mozzarella and provolone and mozzarella and parmesan The recall has a Class II classification because the product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse vitality consequences or where the probability of serious adverse fitness consequences is remote according to the FDA s website