The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0877-2017·Announced 2017-01-18

Capitol City Specialties Recalls Peanut Butter Jars for Undeclared Soy Lecithin

Capitol City Specialties Company is recalling 900 jars of Dashing Thru the Dough Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Peanut Butter due to undeclared soy lecithin.

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 (undeclared soy lecithin) on a common allergen, which corresponds to a High severity score per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Capitol City Specialties Company is recalling 900 jars of the Peanut Principle, Dashing Thru the Dough, Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Peanut Butter. The product is a 16-ounce jar with UPC 609207898788. The recall is being conducted because the product contains undeclared soy lecithin.

The affected product was distributed in New York. The specific lots involved are Lot No. 8/04/17 and Lot No. 8/26/17. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this recall as Class II.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the recalling firm for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
the Peanut Principle, Dashing Thru the Dough, Gourmet Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Peanut Butter, NET WT 16oz, UPC 609207898788
Affected units
900

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)

  • Lot No. 8/04/17 & 8/26/17

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

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