Item 34033-12, Chuckanut Bay Chocolate Covered Coconut Cheesecake Bites.
Chuckanut Bay Foods LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 27 July 2022 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Undeclared Soy Lecithin. Label declares Chocolate Compound (Sunflower Lecithin) instead of Soy Lecithin.
The record
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- Product
- Item 34033-12, Chuckanut Bay Chocolate Covered Coconut Cheesecake Bites. Perishable - Keep Refrigerated. There are 8 pieces per pack and 12 packs per case. Net Wt. 6.4 oz. UPC 6 03812 34033 5. The label is read in parts: "***INGREDIENTS: CREAM CHEESE***, CHOCOLATE COMPOUND (sunflower lecithin***), CANE SUGAR, PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK & CREAM, EGGS, SOUR CREAM, BUTTER OIL, COCONUT, ENRICHED FLOUR (wheat flour***), NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM. CONTAINS: Coconut, Eggs, Milk, Wheat.***"
- UPC
- 603812340335
- Reason for recall
- Undeclared Soy Lecithin. Label declares Chocolate Compound (Sunflower Lecithin) instead of Soy Lecithin.
- Recalling firm
- Chuckanut Bay Foods LLC
- Firm location
- Blaine, Washington, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1440-2022
- Quantity
- 18 cases
- Distribution
- Distributed in AL, CA, CO, FL, IL, MA, MI, MN, NY, OR, TX, WA, and WI.
- Initiated
- 6 July 2022
- Reported by FDA
- 27 July 2022
- Terminated
- 21 December 2023
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot Code: 2C171A2
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 15 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 15 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 15. 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 15 of them.
- The recall ran for 18 months, from 6 July 2022 to termination on 21 December 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 12 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 3 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.
Named in the distribution pattern: California, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin. 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: soy.
Filed under cheese, milk and dairy, snacks and confectionery, spices and seasonings, grains, flour and pasta and eggs. A product can sit in more than one.
Other cheese 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 Chuckanut Bay Foods LLC
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 15 other records name this firm.
All 16 records for Chuckanut Bay Foods LLC
All 2022 recalls · All FDA food recall data
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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