Agency classClass IOur severity:Severe FDA (Food)·F-0174-2014·Announced 2013-11-20

GoPicnic Meal Kits Recalled for Undeclared Milk Allergen

GoPicnic is recalling Black Bean Dip & Plantain Chips meal kits because the included chocolates may contain undeclared milk allergens.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classified this recall as Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death, meeting the criteria for a Severe rating.

Plain-English summary

GoPicnic, Inc. is recalling 131,220 units of GoPicnic Black Bean Dip & Plantain Chips meal kits. The recall is due to the possibility that the Professor Zim Zam's Extraordinary Sweets Dark Chocolate with Orange included in the kits contains undeclared milk allergens.

The affected products were distributed nationwide in the United States. The specific lot codes and best-by dates for the recalled items are listed in the agency's official recall notice.

Consumers who have purchased these meal kits should stop using them and contact GoPicnic for further instructions or a refund.

The recalled product

Product: GoPicnic Black Bean Dip & Plantain Chips; ready-to-eat meal kit with professor zim zam's extraordinary sweets dark chocolate with orange packaged in paperboard container; NET WT 4.2 OZ (116.2g); distributed by gopicnic brands, inc.; chicago, il 60613; www.gopicnic.com;
Manufacturer: GoPicnic, Inc.
Category: Food — Ready-to-Eat Meal Kits
Hazard: allergen-milk
undeclared-allergen
Affected units: 131,220

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 (20)

GoPicnic Black Bean Dip & Plantain Chip Meal
Lot Code and Best By Date: 10773
10/15/13(1872)
10773
10/16/13(1782)
10/8/13(11664)
8/16/13(5274)
11063
1/28/14(774)
10/8/13(12708)
2/11/14(5832)
M13107
3/5/2014
M23107
M13137
3/5/14(2736)
3/6/14(5616)
M23137
3/5/14(1692)
3/6/14(2004)

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 2 recalled by GoPicnic, 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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Same manufacturer · GoPicnic, Inc.

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