The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1174-2024·Announced 2024-04-24

Great Value Sandwich Cookies Recalled for Plastic Foreign Material

Shearer's Foods is recalling Great Value Twist & Shout Strawberry Creme Sandwich Cookies due to possible plastic fragments in the product. Affected items have a best-if-used-by date of September 11, 2024.

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: Class II recall of cookies with potential plastic fragments presents a choking hazard. No illnesses or injuries have been reported, placing this at the 'risk-of-harm' level with injury not yet reported.

Plain-English summary

Great Value Twist & Shout Strawberry Creme Sandwich Cookies are being recalled by Shearer's Foods, LLC due to the possible presence of plastic fragments. The affected product is sold in 15.35 oz boxes with a best-if-used-by date of September 11, 2024, bearing product code CB03.

Plastic fragments in food pose a choking hazard and risk of internal injury if ingested. The presence of this foreign material is the reason for the recall.

The recalled product was distributed in Oklahoma. The recall affects approximately 1,344 individual units across 112 cases.

Consumers should stop consuming the recalled product and dispose of it. Anyone who may have consumed this product should contact a healthcare provider with any concerns.

The recalled product

Product
Great Value Twist & Shout Strawberry Creme Sandwich Cookies, Net WT 15.35 oz. box containing film wrapped trays of stacked cookies. 12 boxes per case.

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)

  • BEST IF USED BY: SEP 11 2024 CB03

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

Same manufacturer · Shearer's Foods, LLC

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