Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480035057, Case UPC: 637480039055.
Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 27 July 2016 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The record
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- Product
- Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480035057, Case UPC: 637480039055. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage
- UPC
- 637480035057
- Reason for recall
- Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
- Recalling firm
- Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
- Firm location
- Denver, Colorado, United States
- Classification
- Class I
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1717-2016
- Quantity
- 12,222 cases
- Distribution
- Nationwide. Canadian and foreign consignees. No VA/govt/military.
- Initiated
- 3 June 2016
- Reported by FDA
- 27 July 2016
- Terminated
- 13 February 2017
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Lot K53494, Best By 12/15/2016; Lot K53504, Best By 12/16/2016
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 is one of 11 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 11 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 11. 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 11 of them.
- The recall ran for 8 months, from 3 June 2016 to termination on 13 February 2017. 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 8 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a snack or confectionery product run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical 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
Listeria monocytogenes
Listeria monocytogenes is a bacterium that grows at refrigeration temperature, which is why it dominates recalls of ready-to-eat foods that are never cooked again before they are eaten.
A preventive controls plan covers Listeria contamination 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)(3)
- Sanitation controls: the controls on cleaning food-contact surfaces and on preventing cross-contact and cross-contamination from insanitary objects, people and equipment.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(3)
- Environmental monitoring: testing the processing environment for an environmental pathogen, required when a ready-to-eat food is exposed to the environment before packaging.
- 21 CFR 117.150
- Corrective actions: what a facility does when a preventive control was not properly implemented, including identifying and correcting the problem and evaluating the food for safety.
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 Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 10 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-27 | Cashew Trail Mix Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480025850, Case UPC: 637480029858. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Cinnamon Bun Crisp Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480059251, Case UPC: 637480005906. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Day Break Peanut Butter Fudge Crisp Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480055024, Case UPC: 637480059022. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480022774, Case UPC: 00637480025577. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Day Break Cranberry Almond Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480055062, Case UPC: 637480059060. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Chocolate Chip Granola Bar 6x6, UPC: 637480046060, Case UPC: 637480046657. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Triple Chocolate Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480035408, Case UPC: 637480034005. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Strawberry Almond Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480025904, Case UPC: 637480029902. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Blueberry Greek Yogurt Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480025669, Case UPC: 637480020053. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
| 2016-07-27 | Day Break Chocolate Hazelnut Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480055321, Case UPC: 637480059534. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage | Atkins Nutritionals, Inc. | Atkins Nutritionals is recalling certain bar products because they contain or may have come in contact with equipment that processed product containing sunflower seeds distributed by supplier SunOpta Inc. that have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. | Class I |
All 11 records for Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
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