The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-0988-2013·Announced 2013-02-20

Pamela's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies Recalled for Glass or Plastic Fragments

Pamela's Products is recalling specific gluten-free cookies due to complaints about potential glass or plastic fragments.

What this means for you

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 a risk-of-harm product (foreign object contamination) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Pamela's Products, Inc. is recalling 523 cases of Pamela's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies, Gluten Free, 5.29 oz. packages (UPC 93709-40180). The recall is being conducted because the firm received complaints that four products may contain glass or plastic fragments.

The affected products were distributed to 36 distributors nationwide in Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, New Jersey, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Washington. The specific product code is 93709-40180, with a best before date of April 14, 2013.

Consumers who have purchased these cookies should check their pantries for the specific UPC and best before date. If they have the affected product, they should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for instructions on disposal or return.

The recalled product

Product
Pamela's Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies; Gluten Free 5.29 oz. package. UPC 93709-40180 Pamela's Products, Ukiah, CA 95482
Affected units
523

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 (3)

  • Product Code 93709-40180
  • Best Before Apr 14
  • 2013.

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 18 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 4 recalled by Pamela's Products, 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.

See all 4 products in this recall →