Agency classClass IOur severity:Severe FDA (Food)·F-1118-2018·Announced 2018-05-02

Whole Foods Recalls Undeclared Egg Allergen in Iced Easter Cookies

Whole Foods Market is recalling decorated Easter cookies sold in nine Northern California locations because the signage failed to declare egg as an ingredient and allergen.

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: The agency classified this recall as Class I — 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. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Some decorated (iced) Easter cookies in the shapes of eggs, bunnies and chicks sold in bulk bins in 9 northern CA Whole Foods locations do not properly declare egg as an ingredient or allergen."

Plain-English summary

Whole Foods Market is recalling approximately 750 decorated Easter cookies sold in bulk bins at nine locations in the Bay Area of California. The cookies, which are shaped like eggs, bunnies, and chicks, were sold on or before March 24, 2018. The recall was initiated because the signage at the self-service displays did not properly declare egg as an ingredient or allergen, despite the product containing cage-free eggs.

The affected cookies were received in 9-pound bags and sold from self-service displays. The correct ingredients include unbleached wheat flour, cane sugar, palm fruit oil, cage-free eggs, vanilla, water, cream of tartar, baking soda, corn starch, dextrose, and natural flavoring. The distribution was limited to the Bay Area, California.

Consumers who purchased these cookies should check their home for any remaining items. If the cookies are found, they should be discarded or returned to the store of purchase. Whole Foods has updated the signage at all locations to correctly declare the egg allergen.

The recalled product

Product: Decorated (iced holiday cookies sold from self service cookie displays - cookies in the shape of eggs, bunnies and chicks. The signage by the displays do not declare egg as an ingredient of the cookies. Cookies are received in a 9 lb. bag Correct Ingredients: Unbleached…
Manufacturer: Whole Foods Market
Category: Food — Baked Goods
Hazard: allergen-egg
mis-labeling
Affected units: 750

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 (2)

Sold on or before March 24
2018

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

Same manufacturer · Whole Foods Market

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