The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0791-2013·Announced 2012-12-12

Zingerman's Bakehouse Brownies Recalled for Missing Allergen Labeling

Zingerman's Bakehouse is recalling Black Magic Brownies because labels failed to identify milk, wheat, and soy allergens.

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 allergen mislabeling on common allergens (milk, wheat, soy), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Zingerman's Bakehouse, Inc. is recalling Zingerman's Bakehouse Black Magic Brownies, Net wt. 1/4 lb. The recall involves 1,742 units of the product.

The recall was initiated because the product labels were found not identifying the source of butter and cream ingredients as milk, the source of flour as wheat, and lacking the identity of the soy allergen found in the products. This labeling deficiency poses a risk to consumers with allergies to these ingredients.

The affected products were distributed in Michigan and Ohio. Consumers with these products should check their labels and avoid consuming them if they have allergies to milk, wheat, or soy.

The recalled product

Product
Zingerman's Bakehouse Black Magic Brownies Net wt. 1/4 lb

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Lot numbers (1)

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Distribution

Distributed in 2 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 47 recalled by Zingerman's Bakehouse, 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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