The Caramel Factory (TM) Caramel Icing, NET WT. 22OZ, 1 LB. 6OZ. (622 grams) and 2.5 GAL…

The Caramel Factory, LLC. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 29 June 2016 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Candy, baked goods, and Caramel icing contain undeclared allergens. Undeclared soy (soybean oil and/or soy lecithin)

The record

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Product

The Caramel Factory (TM) Caramel Icing, NET WT. 22OZ, 1 LB. 6OZ. (622 grams) and 2.5 GAL bucket

Reason for recall

Candy, baked goods, and Caramel icing contain undeclared allergens. Undeclared soy (soybean oil and/or soy lecithin)

Recalling firm

The Caramel Factory, LLC.

Firm location

Batesville, Mississippi, United States

Classification

Class II

Status

Terminated

Recall number

F-1556-2016

Quantity

74.5 cases of 16 units and 26 buckets

Distribution

Batesville, MS for retail products; LA, MS, TN, AL, GA, KY, AR for caramel icing.

Initiated

18 May 2016

Reported by FDA

29 June 2016

Terminated

8 September 2016

Firm notified by

Letter

Product codes

None

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 26 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 26 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 26. All 26 of them are listed on this page.
• The recall ran for 4 months, from 18 May 2016 to termination on 8 September 2016. 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 6 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
• Recalls of a snack or confectionery product run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter 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: Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky. 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

The allergens named in this record: soy.

Filed under snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.

Every product in this recall

The FDA opened 26 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 25 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.

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 The Caramel Factory, LLC.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 25 other records name this firm.

All 26 records for The Caramel Factory, LLC.

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