Whole Foods Market Brownies Recalled Due to Metal Shavings
Whole Foods Market is recalling Crazy for Cream cheese Brownies because metal shavings were found around the perimeter of the product.
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: The recall involves a physical hazard (metal shavings) in a food product, which poses a risk of injury (choking or dental damage), but no injuries or illnesses have been reported in the source text.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is recalling its Crazy for Cream cheese Brownies, sold as single 4 oz. units and 15 oz. 4-packs. The recall was initiated after a customer reported finding metal shavings around the perimeter of the brownies.
The affected products were sold at one retail location in California. The recall covers 19 single units and 166 4-packs with a best-by date before December 7, 2015. Specific UPC codes for the single and 4-pack units are listed in the official recall notice.
Consumers who purchased these brownies should stop consuming them and return them to the store of purchase for a refund or disposal.
The recalled product
- Product
- Whole Foods Market Crazy for Cream cheese Brownie; Sold as single (4 oz.) and 4-pack (15 oz.) Ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, cocoa, vanilla, sugar, butter (pasteurized cream, salt), eggs, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream cheese culture, salt, xanthan and or…
- 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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