Gourmet Caramel Popcorn Recalled for False Gluten-Free Claim
Rieckhoff Family Businesses is recalling Gourmet Old-Fashioned Caramel Holiday Popcorn boxes because the label falsely claims the product is gluten-free, though it contains wheat and barley.
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: This is an allergen mislabeling case involving gluten, a common allergen, where the label falsely claims gluten-free despite the product containing wheat and barley. No reported illnesses, and the classification as FDA Class II with allergen mislabeling on a common allergen meets the High severity criterion.
Plain-English summary
Rieckhoff Family Businesses, Inc, doing business as Cedar Creek Popcorn, is recalling Gourmet Old-Fashioned Caramel Holiday Popcorn, 18oz boxes (UPC 25606 00061). The product's label displays a "Gluten Free" claim, but the product contains wheat and barley, which are declared on the label.
The recalled product was distributed to distribution centers in Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, New York, and Texas. All lots and expiration dates are affected in this recall. A total of 20,870 boxes have been distributed.
This mislabeling poses a risk for consumers with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity who may rely on the "Gluten Free" label claim.
The recalled product
- Product
- Gourmet Old-Fashioned Caramel Holiday Popcorn, 18oz box, UPC 25606 00061
- Category
- Food — Snacks
- Affected units
- 20,870
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)
- All lots and expiration dates
Distribution
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