Country Oven Cheese Pockets Recalled for Possible Metal Fragments
The Kroger Co is recalling Country Oven Cheese Pocket 4oz products due to possible metal fragments in the starch used to manufacture the cakes. The products were distributed across 28 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: This is an FDA Class II recall involving a risk-of-harm product (metal fragment contamination in food) where no illnesses or injuries have been reported in the source text. Per the severity rubric, this meets the threshold for High severity as a risk-of-harm product without reported injury.
Plain-English summary
The Kroger Co is recalling Country Oven Cheese Pocket 4oz products (UPC 0001111019445, Use By 01/05/22) because of possible metal fragments in the starch that was used to manufacture the cakes.
The affected product was distributed to: SC, GA, AL, IL, IN, MO, OH, KY, WV, TN, MS, AR, NE, KS, CA, OR, AK, WA, ID, CO, LA, MT, NM, NV, TX, WI, WY, VA, and UT. A total of 84 cases were distributed.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. If you have this product, do not eat it and discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Country Oven Cheese Pocket 4oz - 84 to a case
- Manufacturer
- The Kroger Co
- Category
- Food — Baked Goods / Snack Cakes
- Affected units
- 84
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)
- UPC 0001111019445 Use By 01/05/22
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 19 recalled by The Kroger 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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