FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class II

Class IIF-2218-2017

Product

Decorated (iced) holiday cookies sold in the shape of eggs. These cookies were sold in the self service cookie displays. Individual cookies are 1.3 oz.. each. Cookie labels identify the cookies as: Sugared Purple Egg Cookies: Sugar Pink Bunny Cookie; Sugared Yellow Chick Cookie; Iced Easter Egg Cookie; Ingredients: Iced Sugared egg, bunny and chick cookies for original, uncorrected shelf tags. Contains Wheat: Ingredients: Unbleached Unbromated Wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cane Sugar, Palm Fruit Oil, Vanilla, Water, Baking Soda, Salt. Natural coloring. Napa store Iced Easter Egg Cookie - uncorrected: Contains: Eggs, Milk, Soy, Tree nuts Ingredients: Rice Flour, Sugar, Unsalted Butter, Eggs, Milk, Tapioca Starch, Potato Starch, Vanilla Extract, Pure Almond Extract, Baking Powder, cornstarch, bicarbonate of soda, monocalcium Phosphate_ Kosher salt, Xanthan Gum, Sucrose Maltodextrin, Natural Red Food Color (plan extractives) Natural Green Food Color (alfalfa, Natural Yellow Food Color (plant extracts).

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
No codes - sold in self service bin - holiday shapes Cookies sold on or prior to April 14, 2017.
Quantity
216 cookies

Why it was recalled

undeclared wheat

Recalling firm

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

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Bay area, CA only

Timeline

Recall initiated
2017-04-15
FDA classified
2017-05-12
Posted by FDA
2017-05-24
Terminated
2017-05-31
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-2218-2017. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.