PopChips Sour Cream & Onion Potato Popped Chips Recalled for Gluten
Sonora Mills Foods is recalling specific batches of PopChips Sour Cream & Onion Potato Popped Chips because they may contain gluten levels exceeding the firm's specification.
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 2/5 (Moderate).
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II, which corresponds to a moderate severity score. The hazard involves gluten levels exceeding specifications, which is a labeling/contamination issue without reported illnesses in the source text.
Plain-English summary
Sonora Mills Foods Inc dba PopChips is recalling 6,691 cases of PopChips Sour Cream & Onion Potato Popped Chips in 5 oz. and 8 oz. bags. The recall is due to the possibility that some batches contain gluten levels that exceed the firm's specification.
The affected products are identified by the following UPCs: 0 82666 50070 4 (5 oz.) and 0 82666 77700 7 (8 oz.). The recall includes products with the following code dates: 8 oz. - AUG 0720; 5 oz. AUG 0620 (Popchips and Safeway); AUG 0720; and AUG 2820 (Popchips only).
The products were distributed in Illinois, California, Colorado, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, Canada, and Kuwait. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific products and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Popchips Sour Cream & Onion Potato Popped Chips; 5 oz. bag and 8 oz. bag UPC: 0 82666 50070 4 - 5 oz. 0 82666 77700 7 - 8 oz.
- Manufacturer
- SONORA MILLS FOODS INC DBA POPCH
- Category
- Food — Snacks
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 6,691
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 (4)
- 8 oz. -AUG 0720
- 5 oz. AUG 0620 - Popchips and Safeway
- AUG 0720
- AUG 2820 - Popchips only.
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by SONORA MILLS FOODS INC DBA POPCH under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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