Joey's Fine Foods Recalls Lemon Cake for Undeclared Yellow #5
Local Baking, Co, Inc. T/A Joey's Fine Foods is recalling Joey's Gourmet Lemon Cake because it contains undeclared FD&C Yellow #5.
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 the mislabeling of a common allergen (FD&C Yellow #5), which fits the rubric criterion for 'Allergen mislabeling on common allergens' at a severity score of 3.
Plain-English summary
Local Baking, Co, Inc. T/A Joey's Fine Foods is voluntarily recalling Joey's Gourmet Lemon Cake, 3 oz. (85 g) units, because the product contains undeclared FD&C Yellow #5. The recall involves 160 cases, with each case containing 12 units. The product was distributed in New York and New Jersey.
FD&C Yellow #5 is a food dye that can cause allergic reactions in some individuals. Because the ingredient was not declared on the label, consumers with sensitivities to this dye may have been exposed without their knowledge.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for Joey's Gourmet Lemon Cake with UPC 026104613403. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- JOEY'S GOURMET LEMON CAKE; NET WT 3 oz. (85 g); UPC 026104613403; Joey's Fine Foods, Inc., Newark, NJ 07104; 973-482-1400
- Manufacturer
- Local Baking, Co, Inc. T/A Joey's Fine Foods
- Category
- Food — Baked Goods
- Hazard
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