Whole Foods Brownies Recalled Due to Metal Shavings
Whole Foods Market is recalling specific 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 2/5 (Moderate).
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II, which typically corresponds to a moderate severity score when no specific injuries or illnesses are reported in the source text, and the hazard is a foreign object (metal shavings) rather than a high-risk pathogen or allergen mislabeling.
Plain-English summary
Whole Foods Market is recalling its Brownie Choc Full O' Nuts, sold in single (2 oz.) and 4-pack (15 oz.) sizes, due to a report of metal shavings found around the perimeter of the brownies. The product is manufactured by Whole Foods Market in Emeryville, CA, and contains wheat, milk, soy, eggs, and tree nuts.
The recall involves 24 single units and 196 4-packs with a best-by date of before 12/7/15. The affected products were distributed to one retail location in California. The specific UPC codes for the single units are 0024373100000 and 0024373200000, and for the 4-packs are 0024365400000 and 0024374300000.
Consumers who have purchased these brownies should stop consuming them and return them to the store of purchase for a refund. The FDA has classified this as a Class II recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the product may cause temporary or medically reversible health consequences.
The recalled product
- Product
- Whole Foods Market Brownie Choc Full O' Nuts; Sold as single (2 oz.) and 4-pack (15 oz.) Ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, sugar, butter (pasteurized cream, salt), cream, eggs, cocoa, vanilla, non GMO corn syrup, walnuts, baking soda and seal salt. Non-stick spray (soy…
- 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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