Agency classClass IIIOur severity:Low FDA (Food)·F-0712-2016·Announced 2016-03-09

Frozen Specialties Recalls Food Lion Pizza for Misleading Kosher Labeling

Frozen Specialties Inc is recalling Food Lion Cheese Crispy Thin Crust Pizza because the packaging displays a Kosher symbol, but the products are not Kosher.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class III

Class III is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

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 1/5 (Low).

Cosmetic or documentation issue. No expected health impact, but the manufacturer is correcting the affected products.

Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class III, which the rubric defines as typically resulting in a score of 1 or 2 because it is unlikely to cause adverse health consequences. The issue is a labeling error regarding religious dietary status rather than a safety hazard.

Plain-English summary

Frozen Specialties Inc is voluntarily recalling Food Lion Cheese Crispy Thin Crust Pizza, 5.2 oz boxes, because the retail packaging contains the Kosher symbol. The symbol is a trademark of the Orthodox Union representing Kosher status, but the company states that none of its products are Kosher.

The recall involves 10,980 cases of the product. The affected items were shipped to North Carolina, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Virginia. Use-by dates for the recalled product include August 15, 2016; August 18, 2016; August 26, 2016; August 28, 2016; September 1, 2016; September 11, 2016; September 22, 2016; October 1, 2016; October 13, 2016; October 20, 2016; and October 23, 2016.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their use-by dates and contact the retailer or manufacturer for information on returns or refunds. The recall is classified as Class III by the FDA, indicating that the mislabeling is unlikely to cause adverse health consequences.

The recalled product

Product: FOOD LION CHEESE crispy thin crust pizza KEEP FROZEN NET WT 5.2 OZ (147Gg) (U) INGREDIENTS: CRUST***SAUCE***MOZZARELLA CHEESE BLEND***CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY, MILK. DISTRIBUTED BY: FOOD LION, LLC, SALISBURY, NC 28147 UPC 0 35826 08815 4
Manufacturer: Frozen Specialties Inc
Category: Food — Frozen Pizza
Hazard: mis-labeling

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 (10)

USE BY: 8/15/16
8/18/16
8/26/16
8/28/16
9/1/16
9/11/16
9/22/16
10/1/16
10/13/16
10/20/16 & 10/23/16.

Distribution

Distributed in 5 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 3 recalled by Frozen Specialties 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 · Frozen Specialties Inc

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