Dark Old Fashioned Sponge Candy, sold under the following brand and sizes: 1.

Eillien's Candies, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 2 July 2014 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Eillien's Candies is recalling Dark Old Fashioned Sponge Candy because it contains undeclared milk.

The record

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Product

Dark Old Fashioned Sponge Candy, sold under the following brand and sizes: 1. Eillien's in Net Wt. 6 oz (170g) UPC 34952-12994, 10 oz. (284g) UPC 34952-56927, 12 oz. (340g) UPC 34952-57307. 2. Blain's Farm & Fleet Net Wt. 14oz. (397g), UPC 34952-81171 3. Mae's Corner Market Net Wt. 14oz. (397g) UPC 34952-41075, 1 lb. 8 oz. (680g) UPC 34952-41098, and Premium Party Tray, Net Wt. 58.5 oz.(1687g) UPC 34952-41324. 5. Mrs. Kimball's Candy Shoppe, Net Wt 13 oz(369g) PCA3-13956. 6. Piggly Wiggly Net Wt. 10 oz. (284g) UPC 34952-58138, and 12 oz. (340g) 34952-57477

UPC

3495212994

Reason for recall

Eillien's Candies is recalling Dark Old Fashioned Sponge Candy because it contains undeclared milk.

Recalling firm

Eillien's Candies, Inc.

Firm location

Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States

Classification

Class I

Status

Terminated

Recall number

F-2051-2014

Quantity

78,584 lbs.

Distribution

AL, CO, IA, IL, IN, MI, MN, WI

Initiated

5 June 2014

Reported by FDA

2 July 2014

Terminated

4 September 2014

Firm notified by

Telephone

Product codes

Best By date prior to 06-01-15

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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
• The recall ran for 3 months, from 5 June 2014 to termination on 4 September 2014. 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 8 states, and 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 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: Alabama, Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, 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

The allergens named in this record: milk.

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 Eillien's Candies, Inc.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 17 other records name this firm.

All 18 records for Eillien's Candies, Inc.

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