Taylor Farms Recalls Wawa Fruit & Cheese for Wood Slivers
Taylor Farms New Jersey is recalling Wawa Fruit & Cheese products because an ingredient may contain wood slivers. The recall covers 36,177 units distributed to several states.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a physical hazard (wood slivers) in a food product, which poses a risk of harm (choking or injury) even though no specific injuries are reported in the source text, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products.
Plain-English summary
Taylor Farms New Jersey, Inc. is recalling 36,177 units of Wawa Fruit & Cheese, 6oz. (170g), in rigid plastic clamshell containers. The firm was notified that an ingredient used to manufacture the product may contain wood slivers.
The affected products have a shelf life of 5 days and were distributed to Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, and Florida. Specific lot codes range from TFNJ244 to TFNJ264, with sell-by dates from September 6, 2017, to September 26, 2017.
Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and lot codes. If found, they should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Wawa Fruit & Cheese, 6oz. (170g), 1 each, rigid plastic, clamshell container, sold per unit, shelf-life= 5 days.
- Manufacturer
- Taylor Farms New Jersey, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 36,177
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (20)
- TFNJ244
- sell-by 09/06/17 5am
- TFNJ245
- sell-by 09/07/17 5am
- TFNJ246
- sell-by 09/08/17 5am
- TFNJ247
- sell-by 09/09/17 5am
- TFNJ248
- sell-by 09/10/17 5am
- TFNJ249
- sell-by 09/11/17 5am
- TFNJ250
- sell-by 09/12/17 5am
- TFNJ251
- sell-by 09/13/17 5am
- TFNJ252
- sell-by 09/14/17 5am
- TFNJ253
- sell-by 09/15/17 5am
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