The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0126-2014·Announced 2013-11-13

Safeway Angel Food Cake Recalled for Missing Soy Flour Labeling

Safeway is recalling Angel Food Cake Fruit Topped because the ingredient label omitted soy flour, a major allergen.

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 allergen mislabeling on a common allergen (soy), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Safeway Inc is recalling Angel Food Cake Fruit Topped, a 3 lb. 12 oz. product with a black or white base and clear lid. The recall is due to incorrect labels provided to stores that omitted soy flour from the ingredient statement, although soy oil and soy lecithin were listed.

The affected products were sold in Safeway, Carrs, Dominick's, Genuardi's, Pak & N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb, and Vons stores across multiple states, including Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Washington, DC, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming. The products have sell-by dates ranging from September 1, 2013, to October 1, 2013.

Consumers with this product should check the ingredient label for the omission of soy flour. Individuals with a soy allergy should avoid consuming the product if the label is missing this ingredient.

The recalled product

Product
Angel Food Cake Fruit Topped; labeled for retail sale in the following stores: Safeway, Carrs, Dominicks, Genuardis, Pak N Save, Pavilions, Randalls, Tom Thumb and Vons. Angel Food Cake Fruit Topped  3 lb. 12 oz. (1701 g); Angel Food Cake Fruit Topped  Black or White…
Manufacturer
Safeway Inc
Category
Food — Bakery / Cakes
Hazard
Affected units
2

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)

  • sell by dates of 9/1/13 to 10/1/13.

Distribution

Distributed in 21 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 5 recalled by Safeway Inc 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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