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Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-0929-2023·Announced 2023-05-31

Washington Crab Crabcakes Recalled Due to Undeclared Allergens

Washington Crab & Seafood Company recalls crabcakes due to undeclared allergens: egg, wheat, and soy. The product was distributed to North Carolina and South Carolina.

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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: FDA Class I recall involving undeclared allergens that pose risk to allergic consumers. No illnesses reported in source material.

Plain-English summary

Washington Crab & Seafood Company, Inc. is recalling crabcakes because the product contains undeclared egg, wheat, and soy allergens.

The recalled product was distributed to North Carolina and South Carolina. Affected shipments include 2-count and 6-count packages with sell-by dates between November 4, 2022 and April 25, 2023, and 12-count packages with Julian dates between 27022 and 09423.

Consumers with allergies to egg, wheat, or soy who have purchased this product should not consume it.

The recalled product

Product
CRABCAKE Ingredients: Blue Crabmeat, mayonnaise, onion bread crumbs, egg solids, salt, spices paprika WASHINGTON CRAB Carolina seafood

Distribution

Distributed in 2 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 4 recalled by Washington Crab & Seafood Company, 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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