Back To Nature Plant Based Snacks Fudge Mint Cookies Net Wt. 6.4 OZ. (181g) UPC code…
B&G Foods North America, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 February 2023 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Cookies may contain undeclared peanut residue.
The record
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- Product
- Back To Nature Plant Based Snacks Fudge Mint Cookies Net Wt. 6.4 OZ. (181g) UPC code: 819898011025
- Reason for recall
- Cookies may contain undeclared peanut residue.
- Recalling firm
- B&G Foods North America, Inc
- Firm location
- Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
- Classification
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0343-2023
- Quantity
- 115 cases
- Distribution
- Distributed to distributors in IL, IN, and FL.
- Initiated
- 19 January 2023
- Reported by FDA
- 15 February 2023
- Terminated
- 11 August 2023
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- OCT022023 OCT032023 OCT042023
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class III means the FDA judged that the product was unlikely to cause harm but violated FDA labelling or manufacturing regulation. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
- The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
- This record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 7 months, from 19 January 2023 to termination on 11 August 2023. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
- The distribution pattern names 2 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a bakery product run a median of 6 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Bakery is overwhelmingly an allergen category rather than a pathogen one: baking is a kill step, but a bakery runs many recipes down shared lines, so the failure that recalls a bakery product is usually a label or a changeover.
Named in the distribution pattern: Indiana, Florida. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
What this recall was for
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.135(c)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
The allergens named in this record: peanuts.
Filed under bakery and snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.
Other bakery recalls for the same reason
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
Other records from B&G Foods North America, Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 13 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-20 | Back to Nature Cheddalicious Cheese Flavored Crackers 6 oz.. UPC: 8-19898-01491-0 6 cartons per case | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Undeclared egg and milk due to mispackaging | Class I |
| 2021-10-20 | Tone s Taco Seasoning Blend, Plastic Bottles / 12 bottles per case with best by dates of SEPT 03 24 and SEPT 06 24, due to the | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Product was recalled due to the presence of undeclared wheat. | Class I |
| 2021-01-20 | Food Club Garlic Powder, 5.37 ounce bottles, 12 bottles per case. " Best 324A0 C By NOV 19 22 / Best 325A0 By NOV 20 22 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | B&G Foods, Inc. has initiated a recall because their garlic powder mistakenly had bacon-flavored bits, which contain soy, an allergen undeclared on the garlic powder labels. | Class I |
| 2020-11-18 | Back to Nature Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers, NET WT 6 oz (170g)., UPC: 8-19898-01015-8 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | B&G Foods initiated a recall of Back to Nature Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers, 6 oz. with a best by date of APR 25 2021, because package may be filled with peanut butter cookies, which contain peanut, which is not declared on the label. | Class I |
| 2020-09-16 | Back to Nature, Organic Rosemary and Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Cracker, 6 oz. foil bag inside paper carton, 6 packages per case . | B&G Foods North America, Inc | The product contains undeclared milk. | Class II |
| 2019-03-20 | Victoria Marinara Sauce, 40 oz. (2.5 lb) 1133g, 6Jars / Case | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Product may contain undeclared cashews. | Class I |
| 2014-12-24 | Ortega Taco Sauce - Hot 8 oz, UPC 39000-00891, 16 oz. UPC 41501-01895. | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds. | Class I |
| 2014-12-24 | Ortega Green Taco Sauce - Mild 8 oz, UPC 41501-00897, 16 oz. UPC 41501-00907. | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds. | Class I |
| 2014-12-24 | Ortega Enchilada Sauce 8 oz., UPC 41501-00898 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds. | Class I |
| 2014-12-24 | Ortega 40% Less Sodium Taco Seasoning 1.25 oz., UPC 41501-00824 | B&G Foods North America, Inc | Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds. | Class I |
All 14 records for B&G Foods North America, Inc
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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