The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-0474-2017·Announced 2016-11-23

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.

What this means for you

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
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

Distributed in 2 states:

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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