Baked Macaroni and Cheese, NET WT 12 OZ (340g), CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, EGG, Produced By…
Bakkavor Foods USA Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 December 2018 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Product contains Lobster, Shrimp, and Soy which are not included on the label.
The record
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Product
Baked Macaroni and Cheese, NET WT 12 OZ (340g), CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, EGG, Produced By BAKKAVOR USA, 2700 Westinghouse Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28273, Phone: 704-522-1977, UPC 7 61088 80502 3
UPC
761088805023
Reason for recall
Product contains Lobster, Shrimp, and Soy which are not included on the label.
Product was shipped to the following states: AL, GA & SC.
Initiated
5 November 2018
Reported by FDA
26 December 2018
Terminated
10 January 2023
Firm notified by
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes
SELL BY 11/23/18
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. 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 4.2 years, from 5 November 2018 to termination on 10 January 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 FDA published the enforcement report 7 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of cheese run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Cheese dominates Listeria recalls among dairy products because soft and semi-soft varieties hold enough moisture for the organism to grow at refrigeration temperature, and because most are eaten without any further cooking step.
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
The firm was notified that the product top label reads "Pesto" and the side label reads "Hummus". The Hummus ingredient panel does not include milk and walnuts which are ingredients of the Pesto in the container.
Behind every recall is a clause 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.
Recall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.
