Class IF-1118-2018

Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Product

Decorated (iced holiday cookies sold from self service cookie displays - cookies in the shape of eggs, bunnies and chicks. The signage by the displays do not declare egg as an ingredient of the cookies. Cookies are received in a 9 lb. bag Correct Ingredients: Unbleached, Unbromated Wheat Flour (Wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cane Sugar, Palm Fruit Oil, Cage Free Eggs, Vanilla, Water, cream of Tartar, Baking Soda, Corn starch, dextrose, natural flavoring. Signs at all locations have been changed. Cookies were sold in 9 Bay area, CA Whole Food locations.

Type: Food
Affected lot / code info: Sold on or before March 24, 2018
Quantity: 750 cookies (approximately)

Why it was recalled

Some decorated (iced) Easter cookies in the shapes of eggs, bunnies and chicks sold in bulk bins in 9 northern CA Whole Foods locations do not properly declare egg as an ingredient or allergen.

Recalling firm

Firm: Whole Foods Market
Notification channel: Press Release
Type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address: 5980 Horton St Ste 200, N/A, Emeryville, California 94608-2057

Distribution

Distribution pattern: Bay area CA only

Timeline

Recall initiated: 2018-03-25
FDA classified: 2018-04-20
Posted by FDA: 2018-05-02
Terminated: 2018-06-08
Status: Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1118-2018. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.