Plant Based WayFare Vanilla Pudding Organic Dairy Free, Item #1221. Net wt. 4 oz.
Wayfare Health Foods LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 January 2020 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product recalled due to consumer complaints for bloating of package, off flavors (sourness, tart), and textural issues (grittiness, lumpiness).
The record
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- Product
- Plant Based WayFare Vanilla Pudding Organic Dairy Free, Item #1221. Net wt. 4 oz. There are 4/4 oz. cups per pack with cardboard overwrap. UPC 845681000358.
- UPC
- 845681000358
- Reason for recall
- Product recalled due to consumer complaints for bloating of package, off flavors (sourness, tart), and textural issues (grittiness, lumpiness).
- Recalling firm
- Wayfare Health Foods LLC
- Firm location
- Bozeman, Montana, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0464-2020
- Quantity
- total 4699 cases
- Distribution
- nationwide
- Initiated
- 13 December 2019
- Reported by FDA
- 15 January 2020
- Terminated
- 21 May 2020
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot Codes and Best By Dates: LOT# 212212879 BEST BY: 3/12/20 LOT# 212212889 BEST BY: 3/13/20 LOT# 212213299 BEST BY: 4/23/20 LOT# 212213309 BEST BY: 4/24/20 LOT# 212213449 BEST BY: 5/08/20
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. 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 is one of 3 records covering the same recall event. The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so a recall of a product line appears here many times. Counting these records as 3 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 3. Every product code in this event is listed together on the record that covers the whole recall, which is the page a search engine is pointed to for all 3 of them.
- The recall ran for 5 months, from 13 December 2019 to termination on 21 May 2020. 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 FDA published the enforcement report 5 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of milk or a dairy product run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Dairy recalls split between pathogen contamination in products that skipped or under-ran pasteurisation and undeclared milk in products that should never have contained it, which is the same allergen viewed from two directions.
What this recall was for
Spoilage and mould
A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.
A preventive controls plan covers spoilage 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 117.93
- Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
- 21 CFR 117.80(b)(3)
- Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.
Filed under milk and dairy. A product can sit in more than one.
Other milk and dairy 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 Wayfare Health Foods LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-02-09 | Wayfare Dairy Free Butter Salted & Whipped, | WayFare Health Foods, LLC. | Product showed suspected mold growth prior to expiration date. | Class II |
| 2020-01-15 | Plant Based WayFare Butterscotch Pudding Organic Dairy Free, Item #1223. Net wt. 4 oz. There are 4/4 oz. cups per pack with cardboard overwrap. UPC 845681000372. | Wayfare Health Foods LLC | Product is recalled due to consumer complaints for bloating of package, off flavors (sourness, tart), and textural issues (grittiness, lumpiness). | Class II |
| 2020-01-15 | Plant Based WayFare Chocolate Pudding Organic Dairy Free, Item #1222. Net wt. 4 oz. There are 4/4 oz. cups per pack with cardboard overwrap. UPC 845681000365. | Wayfare Health Foods LLC | Product recalled due to consumer complaints for bloating of package, off flavors (sourness, tart), and textural issues (grittiness, lumpiness). | Class II |
All 4 records for Wayfare Health Foods LLC
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21 CFR 117.93 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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