The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-0718-2016·Announced 2016-03-16

Whole Foods Market Peanut Butter & Yah Brownies Recalled for Metal Shavings

Whole Foods Market is recalling Peanut Butter & Yah Brownies because metal shavings were found around the perimeter of the product.

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 a risk-of-harm product (metal contamination) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Whole Foods Market is voluntarily recalling specific units of Peanut Butter & Yah Brownies. The recall was initiated after a customer reported finding metal shavings around the perimeter of the brownies.

The affected products are sold as single 3-oz units and 4-pack 15-oz boxes. The recall includes 10 single units and 129 4-packs. These items were distributed to one retail location in California and have a best-by date of before December 7, 2015.

Consumers who have purchased these brownies should stop using them and return them to the place of purchase for a refund. The product contains wheat, eggs, milk, soy, and peanuts.

The recalled product

Product
Whole Foods Market Peanut Butter & Yah Brownie; Sold as Single- 3. oz and 4 pack 15 oz;. Ingredients: Ingredients: Cane sugar, cage free eggs, expeller pressed canola oil, unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley, flour, niacin, iron, folic acid) cocoa powder (pro
Manufacturer
Whole Foods Market
Category
Food — Baked Goods
Hazard

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)

  • Best by date of before 12/7/15.

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 7 recalled by Whole Foods Market 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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