The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0107-2014·Announced 2013-11-13

Martha White Cornbread Mix Recalled for Aflatoxin Contamination

J M Smucker Co is recalling specific lots of Martha White Buttermilk Cornbread & Muffin Mix because aflatoxin levels exceeded FDA specifications.

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 high-risk pathogen/toxin (aflatoxin) where levels exceeded FDA specifications, but the source text does not report any illnesses or injuries, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products without reported injury.

Plain-English summary

J M Smucker Co is recalling 10,906 cases of Martha White Buttermilk Cornbread & Muffin Mix, 6 oz laminated pouches. The recall involves product with the manufacturing code 3105 501 and a 'Best If Used By' date of 15 APR 14. The product was distributed to 33 states, including Alabama, North Carolina, and California.

The recall was initiated after the states of Alabama and North Carolina notified J M Smucker Co through independent testing that aflatoxin levels in the product exceeded FDA specifications. The FDA specification for aflatoxin is less than 20 parts per billion (ppb). The levels tested in the recalled product ranged from 30 ppb to 207 ppb.

Consumers who have purchased this specific product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase for a refund or dispose of it. The product is labeled with the ingredients: enriched degerminated white corn meal, wheat flour, partially dehydrogenated soybean oil, dextrose, and baking powder.

The recalled product

Product
Martha White¿ Buttermilk Cornbread & Muffin Mix NET WT 6 OZ (170g) Laminated Pouch Mfg Code 3105 501 BEST IF USED BY: 15 APR 14 Product labeled in part INGREDIENTS: ENRICHED DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN MEAL, WHEAT FLOUR*** PARTIALLY DEHYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, DEXTROSE, BAKING…
Manufacturer
J M Smucker Co
Category
Food — Baking Mix
Hazard

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 (1)

  • 3105 501 BEST IF USED BY: 15 APR 14

Distribution

Distributed in 33 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 12 recalled by J M Smucker Co 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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