Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, 30 Packs. Containing 8 Flavor Blasted…
Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 15 August 2018 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella.
The record
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- Product
- Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, 30 Packs. Containing 8 Flavor Blasted Xplosive Pizza Packs, 14 Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar Packs, and 8 Grahams Vanilla Cupcake. Net Wt. 29.4 oz. (1.8 lbs) (833g) UPC 14100-04713.
- UPC
- 1410004713
- Reason for recall
- Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella.
- Recalling firm
- Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated
- Firm location
- Norwalk, Connecticut, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1795-2018
- Quantity
- 391, 432 cases total
- Distribution
- Nationwide. Outside the US: Canada
- Initiated
- 23 July 2018
- Reported by FDA
- 15 August 2018
- Terminated
- 2 December 2019
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Sell By Dates: WO 12/9/18, WO 12/23/18, WO 1/6/19.
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 8 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 8 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 8. 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 8 of them.
- The recall ran for 16 months, from 23 July 2018 to termination on 2 December 2019. 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 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.
What this recall was for
Salmonella
Salmonella is a bacterium that survives in low-moisture foods for months, which is why it appears in recalls of products that carry no water for it to grow in: nut butters, spices, flour and dry pet food.
A preventive controls plan covers Salmonella 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)(1)
- Process controls: the controls that apply a treatment, such as a validated kill step, at the point where it reduces the hazard to a safe level.
- 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.
- 21 CFR 117.165(a)(2)
- Product testing: testing as a verification activity, appropriate to the facility, the food and the nature of the preventive control.
Filed under cheese, snacks and confectionery and prepared meals and sandwiches. 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 Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 7 other records name this firm.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-08-15 | Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, 45 Packs. Containing 15 Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar Packs, 15 Colors Packs, 10 Pretzel Packs, and 5 Grahams Vanilla Cupcake. Net Wt. 46 oz. (2.9 lbs) (1.3kg) UPC 14100-04731. | Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated | Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-08-15 | Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers Baked with Whole Grain Xtra Cheddar. Net Wt. 6.6 oz. (187g) bag, UPC 14100-04654 | Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated | Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-08-15 | Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers Flavor Blasted Slammin Sour Cream & Onion. Net Wt. 6.6 oz. (187g) bag, UPC 14100-09480. | Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated | Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-08-15 | Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, 20 Packs Variety Pack. Containing 10 Colors Packs, and 10 Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar Packs. Net Wt. 18 oz. (1.1 lbs) (510g) UPC 14100-04720. | Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated | Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-08-15 | Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar in the following sized containers: 1. Net Wt. 6.6 oz. (187g) bag, UPC 14100-08548; 2. Net Wt. 30 oz. (1.87 lbs) 850g) carton, UPC 14100-09658; 3. 9 Lunch Packs, Net Wt. 8.1 oz (230g) Multi-pack Tray, 9-count 0.9 oz. Snack Pack, UPC 14100-09654; 4. 11 oz. (312g) Re-sealable Bag, UPC 14100-04424; 5. 8 oz. (227g) Re-sealable Bag, UPC 14100-04963; 6. 12 Lunch Packs, Net Wt. 10.8 oz. (306g) Multi-pack Tray, 12-0.9 oz Packs, UPC 14100-08609; 7. Net Wt. 2.45 oz. (69.5g) Bag, UPC 14100-04555. 8. 40 Ct ECOMM Variety Pack, UPC 14100-04638. | Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated | Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-08-15 | Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers, 45 Packs. Containing 17 Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar Packs, 17 Colors Packs, and 10 Pretzel. Net Wt. 44.9 oz. (2.8 lbs) (1.27kg) UPC 14100-04728. | Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated | Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
| 2018-08-15 | Pepperidge Farm Goldfish Baked Snack Crackers Mix with Flavor Blasted Xtra Cheddar + Pretzel in the following sized containers: 1. Net Wt. 1.5 oz. (43g) UPC 14100-18633; 2. Net Wt. 6.6 oz. (187g) bag, UPC 14100-04917; 3. 11.5 oz. (326g) Re-sealable Bag, UPC 14100-04921; 4. Net Wt 34 oz. (2.12 lbs) (963g), UPC 14100-04684. | Pepperidge Farm, Incorporated | Pepperidge Farm has been notified by one of its ingredient suppliers that whey powder in a seasoning that is applied to four varieties of Goldfish crackers has been the subject of a recall by the whey powder manufacturer due to the potential presence of Salmonella. | Class II |
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