RXBAR: Mint Chocolate, 1.83 oz. bars, single bar, 12-count carton, 4-count carton
CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 20 February 2019 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut.
The record
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- Product
- RXBAR: Mint Chocolate, 1.83 oz. bars, single bar, 12-count carton, 4-count carton
- Reason for recall
- Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut.
- Recalling firm
- CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR
- Firm location
- Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0887-2019
- Quantity
- 75,695,266 Individually wrapped bars
- Distribution
- Domestic:AL, AR, AZ,CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI Foreign: The firm did not report any foreign distribution DOD: NV, VA
- Initiated
- 19 December 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 20 February 2019
- Terminated
- 29 September 2020
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Mint Chocolate, single bar, UPC 57777 00433, 12-count carton, UPC 57777 00434, 4-count carton, UPC 57777 00449 Best By Dates between 3/2/2019 4/18/2019 and 7/26/2019 8/9/2019
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 19 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 19 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 19. 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 19 of them.
- The recall ran for 21 months, from 19 December 2018 to termination on 29 September 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 distribution pattern names 41 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a snack or confectionery product run a median of 7 months, so this one was longer than usual for its category. Snacks and confectionery recall for allergens more than for anything else, because a chocolate or a coated snack passes through shared equipment carrying milk, soy and nuts, and the label is the only control between them and the consumer.
Named in the distribution pattern: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington. 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 snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.
Other snacks and confectionery 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 CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 18 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-20 | KIDS Berry Blast, 1.16 oz. bars, single bar, 16-count carton, 5-count carton | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | RXBAR: Apple Cinnamon,1.83oz bars, single bar, 12-count carton, | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | RXBAR: 12-Bar Variety Pack (Chocolate Sea Salt, Peanut Butter Chocolate), and 16-Bar Variety Pack (Chocolate Sea Salt, Peanut Butter Chocolate), 1.83 oz. per bar | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | RXBAR: Maple Sea Salt, 1.83 oz bars, single bar, 2-count carton, 4-count carton | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | RXBAR:Blueberry, 1.83oz bars, single bar, 12-count carton, , 10-count carton, , 5-count carton, , 4-count carton | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | Coconut Chocolate RXBARs , 1.83 oz., single bar, , 12-count carton, 5-count carton, 4-count carton | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | RXBAR: KIDS Apple Cinnamon Raisin, 1.16oz bars, single bar, 16-count carton, 5-count carton | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | RXBAR: Pumpkin Spice, single bar, 12-count carton, 4-count carton, 1.83 oz bars | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | KIDS Chocolate Chip, 1.16 oz. bars, single bar, 16-count carton, 5-count carton | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
| 2019-02-20 | Chocolate Sea Salt RXBARs , 1.83 oz., single bar, , 12-count carton, 10-count carton, , 5-count carton, 4-count carton | CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR | Chicago Bar Company LLC d/b/a RXBAR is voluntary recalling certain varieties of bars due to undeclared allergen peanut. | Class II |
All 19 records for CHICAGO BAR COMPANY LLC RXBAR
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