Whole Foods Market Brownie Double Trouble Recalled for Metal Shavings
Whole Foods Market is recalling Brownie Double Trouble brownies after a customer found metal shavings 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 risk-of-harm product (metal shavings) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the High severity criteria in the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is recalling specific units of Brownie Double Trouble brownies. The recall involves single (2 oz.) and 4-pack (15 oz.) sizes. The affected units have a best-by date of before 12/7/15.
The recall was initiated after a customer reported finding metal shavings around the perimeter of the brownies. The product was sold at one retail location in California. The total quantity recalled is 31 single units and 237 4-packs.
Consumers who purchased these brownies should stop consuming them and return them to the place of purchase for a refund. The product contains wheat, milk, soy, and eggs.
The recalled product
- Product
- Whole Foods Market Brownie Double Trouble; Sold as single (2 oz.) and 4-pack (15 oz.) Ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, sugar, butter (pasteurized cream, salt), cream, eggs, cocoa, vanilla, baking soda and seal salt. Non-stick spray (soy, soy lecithin). Contains wheat…
- Manufacturer
- Whole Foods Market
- Category
- Food — Bakery
- 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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