Key Lime Cheesecake recalled for undeclared food dyes
Epic Baking is recalling Key Lime Cheesecake containing undeclared Yellow 5 and Blue 1 food dyes distributed to Georgia and Tennessee. Consumers with sensitivities may experience adverse reactions.
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: FDA Class II recall involving undeclared food dyes that could cause adverse reactions in sensitive consumers. While no illnesses have been reported, the failure to list these sub-ingredients presents a risk of harm.
Plain-English summary
Epic Baking is recalling Key Lime Cheesecake products due to undeclared Yellow 5 and Blue 1 food dyes. The manufacturer failed to list these sub-ingredients on the product label. Affected lot codes are KYL110322 and KTL122922, distributed to Georgia and Tennessee.
Consumers with sensitivities or allergies to these food dyes may experience adverse reactions. Those who have purchased the recalled cheesecake should discard it or return it to the retailer.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cafe' Intermezzo Key Lime Cheesecake 6.5 lbs Ingredients: Cream Cheese, Eggs, Sugar, Key Lime Mixture, Whipped Cream, Graham Cracker Crust (Graham Cracker Crumbs, Butter, Sugar, Vanilla Extract, Cinnamon), Key Lime Glaze (All-Purpose Flour, Nelly's Key Lime Juice, Vanilla…
- Manufacturer
- Epic Baking
- Category
- Food — Bakery / Dessert
- Affected units
- 112
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)
- KYL110322 40 KTL122922
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 23 recalled by Epic Baking 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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