The Recall Desk
ModerateFDA (Food)·F-0576-2024·Announced 2023-12-20

Frozen Bread Products Recalled Due to Temperature Abuse During Shipment

Ben E Keith Foods recalls 1721 cases of frozen bread products that experienced temperature abuse during truck shipment to food services. Products include sandwich bread, dinner rolls, and hamburger buns.

What this means for you

Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: This is a Class II recall with no reported illnesses or injuries. The hazard—temperature abuse—is precautionary in nature with unknown actual contamination, fitting the rubric criterion for low-risk contamination and voluntary precautionary recalls.

Plain-English summary

Ben E Keith Foods is recalling 1721 cases of frozen bread products shipped to food service establishments. The recalled items include sandwich white loaf, dinner rolls (Hawaiian style), and hamburger buns (4.5 inch).

The products were exposed to temperature abuse while in a frozen/refrigerated food trailer during storage and transit. Temperature abuse of frozen and refrigerated foods poses a potential food safety concern.

Food service facilities that received these products should not serve them to customers and should safely dispose of them. Consumers should contact a health care provider if they experience symptoms of foodborne illness after consuming food prepared with these products.

The recalled product

Product
BREAD SANDWICH WHITE LOAF, ROLL DINNER HAWAIIAN, BUN HAMBURGER WHITE 4.5 IN FZN
Manufacturer
Ben E Keith Foods - Fort Worth
Hazard
  • temperature-abuse

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)

  • unknown

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.