Diamond Crystal Chocolate Pudding Mix Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Diamond Crystal Brands is recalling chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix because an ingredient is potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which is defined as a serious health hazard. The rubric states that if the agency's classification is FDA Class I, the score must be 5 (Critical).
Plain-English summary
Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. is recalling 6,480 cases of chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix. The recall involves multiple private-label brands, including Classic Sysco, Chef's Companion, Ellington Farms, Monarch, Katy's Kitchen, and West Creek. The product is packaged in paper pouches and distributed by various food service distributors across the United States.
The recall was initiated because the products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. The affected lots have expiration dates ranging from November 7, 2020, to November 29, 2020. The product was shipped to distributors in 38 states, including Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, New York, Texas, and Washington.
Consumers and food service operators should stop using the recalled products immediately. The source text does not specify a particular consumer action such as returning the product to a store or contacting a hotline, but standard safety protocols for Salmonella recalls involve discarding the product or returning it to the point of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix packaged in the following ways: 1) Classic Sysco Chocolate Instant Pudding & Pie Filling Mix, Net Wt. 24 OZ, Distributed by Sysco Corporation, Houston, TX, in paper pouches, 12 per case; 2) Classic Sysco Chocolate Instant…
- Manufacturer
- Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Baking Mixes
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 6,480
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 (17)
- 311JCA Exp November 7
- 2020
- 312JCA
- November 8
- 316JCA
- 319JCA
- November 12
- 324JCA
- November 20
- 330JCA
- November 26
- 331JCA
- November 27
- 332JCA
- November 28
- 333JDA
- November 29
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 11 recalled by Diamond Crystal Brands, 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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