Wilton Chocolate decorator icing stiff consistency 16 oz plastic tub retail unit 6 or 12…
Wilton Brands recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 24 July 2019 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. Mold
The record
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- Product
- Wilton Chocolate decorator icing stiff consistency 16 oz plastic tub retail unit 6 or 12 retail units per wholesale unit
- Reason for recall
- Mold
- Recalling firm
- Wilton Brands
- Firm location
- Naperville, Illinois, United States
- Classification
- Class III
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1551-2019
- Quantity
- 15032 retail units
- Distribution
- AL AR AZ CA CO CT DE FL GA IA ID IL IN KS KY LA MA MD MI MN MO MT NC NJ NV NY OH OK OR PA SC TN TX UT VA WA WI
- Initiated
- 28 June 2019
- Reported by FDA
- 24 July 2019
- Terminated
- 30 April 2020
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- UPC 0070896443687, lot 18340; two wholesale SKUs: 710-4368 (case of 12), 710-4368X (case of 6)
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 10 months, from 28 June 2019 to termination on 30 April 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 4 weeks 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.
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 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 Wilton Brands
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 12 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Brown Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color has the potential to be contaminated with mold, yeast or bacteria. | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Pearl Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color has the potential to be contaminated with mold, yeast or bacteria. | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Black Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color found to contain mold, yeast or bacteria | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Green Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color has the potential to be contaminated with mold, yeast or bacteria. | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Red Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color has the potential to be contaminated with mold, yeast or bacteria. | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Yellow Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color has the potential to be contaminated with mold, yeast or bacteria. | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Gold Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color has the potential to be contaminated with mold, yeast or bacteria. | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Silver Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color found to contain mold, yeast or bacteria | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Blue Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color found to contain mold, yeast, or bacteria | Class II |
| 2016-11-02 | Wilton Teal Airbrush Color, Net Wt 0.64 FL OZ (19 mL) | Wilton Brands. | Airbrush color has the potential to be contaminated with mold, yeast or bacteria. | Class II |
All 13 records for Wilton Brands.
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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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