Recalls / Class I
Class IF-1717-2016
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
Caramel Double Chocolate Crunch Bar 6x5, UPC: 637480035057, Case UPC: 637480039055. Packaging: Outer paper carton containing individually wrapped bars, Ambient Storage
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot K53494, Best By 12/15/2016; Lot K53504, Best By 12/16/2016
- Quantity
- 12,222 cases
Why it was recalled
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
- Firm
- Atkins Nutritionals, Inc.
- Notification channel
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 1050 17th St Ste 1500, N/A, Denver, Colorado 80265-2078
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Nationwide. Canadian and foreign consignees. No VA/govt/military.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2016-06-03
- FDA classified
- 2016-07-18
- Posted by FDA
- 2016-07-27
- Terminated
- 2017-02-13
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1717-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.