Baptista Bakery Bread Recalled for Undeclared Wheat Flour Allergen
Batista Bakery & Pastries is recalling Portuguese Sliced Bread because the label failed to declare wheat flour as required by FALCPA.
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 (wheat), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Batista Bakery & Pastries, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 30 units of Baptista Bakery & Pastry Inc. Portugese Sliced Bread, 16 oz. plastic. The recall is due to a labeling error where the product labels failed to declare flour as wheat flour, as required by the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act (FALCPA).
The affected product was manufactured prior to September 23, 2016. Distribution was limited to Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
Consumers with a wheat allergy or celiac disease should not consume the product. Individuals with questions about the recall should contact Batista Bakery & Pastries, Inc.
The recalled product
- Product
- Baptista Bakery & Pastry Inc. Portugese Sliced Bread, 16 oz. plastic
- Manufacturer
- Batista Bakery & Pastries, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Bakery Products
- Affected units
- 30
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)
- Product manufctured prior to 9/23/16
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by Batista Bakery & Pastries, 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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