FDA Food Recalls

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Class IIF-0784-2015

Product

Sweet Blueberry Almonds - Blueberry Flavored Almonds. Ingredients: Almonds, Sugar, Natural Flavor, Vegetable Color (Red Cabbage Juice Extract), Beet Juice Concentrate. May also contain other tree nuts, peanuts, milk, wheat, egg. Packaged in the following configuration: 4 oz (113 gr) stand up pouch; 5 lbs. (80 oz) Corporate Bags; 1 oz. (28 gr) sample size bags. Distributed by NatureBox, San Carlos, CA 94070.

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
"5BC14066 5BC14073" - Best By 7-18-14; "5BC14080 5BC14073" - Best by 7-23-2014; "1BC14104 1BC14118 2BC14126 3BC14113 4BC14107 5BC14080 5BC14122 3BC14099 3BC14113" - Best by 7-24-2014; "1BC14139 2BC14126 2BC14133 2BC14133 4BC14142" - Best by 7-29-2014; "2BC14168 2BC14203 3BC14176 3BC14183 3BC14190 3BC14197 1BC14174 3BC14183 4BC14163 4BC14184 4BC14191 4BC14205" - Best By 11-29-2014 "3BC14211 3BC14218 2BC14224 4BC14205 5BC14213 3BC14225" - Best By 11-30-2014 "2BC14231 2BC14238 4BC14247 3BC14225 5BC14234 5BC14248" Best by 1-18-2015; 5BC14248 Best by 1-30-2014; "3BC14274 1BC14265 3BC14274 2BC14280 2BC14294" Best by 6-2-2015; "1BC14328 3BC14323 1BC14328 5BC14325" Best By 4-17-2015; 14199 - Besy by 1-18-2015; 14290 - Best by 4-17-2015; 14318 - Best by 5-14-2015
Quantity
519 x 5 lb bags; 157,802 x 4 oz. bags, 1476 x 1 oz. bags,

Why it was recalled

Inspector at manufacturing facility noticed that product label did not contain soy lethicin as listed on the product recipe.

Recalling firm

Firm
NatureBox, Inc.
Notification channel
E-Mail
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
1056 Commercial St, San Carlos, California 94070-4026

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Nationwide

Timeline

Recall initiated
2014-12-19
FDA classified
2015-01-09
Posted by FDA
2015-01-21
Terminated
2015-01-16
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0784-2015. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.

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