Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·F-1179-2019·Announced 2019-03-27

Horizon Food Group Recalls Ne-Mo's Birthday Cake Squares Due to Foreign Object

Horizon Food Group is recalling Ne-Mo's Birthday Cake Squares with Buttercream Icing after a complaint that a bird foot was found in the product.

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 a foreign object (bird foot) in a food product, which poses a risk of harm (choking, injury, or contamination) even though no specific injuries or illnesses have been reported in the source text. This aligns with the 'High' severity criteria for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Horizon Food Group, located in San Diego, California, is voluntarily recalling Ne-Mo's Birthday Cake Squares with Buttercream Icing (item 506-6). The recall was initiated after the firm received a complaint stating that a bird foot was found in the baked product.

The affected product is a 3-ounce frozen cake square. The recall covers 760 cases, totaling 27,360 cakes. The product was distributed in the following states: AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, NC, NY, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, and TX. The specific lot codes involved are 19036, 29036, and 39036.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific lot codes listed above. If found, consumers should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase for a refund. No other specific instructions or contact information are provided in the source text.

The recalled product

Product: Ne-Mo's Birthday Cake Square with Buttercream Icing, item 506-6; Net Wt. 3 oz. Case UPC: 2007606405066 8 Display pk 6 ea/pk UPC: 10076064050660 1 Individual unit UPC: 07606405066 4 Frozen product has a shelf life of 365 days from the date of production Refrigerated…
Manufacturer: Horizon Food Group
Category: Food — Baked Goods
Hazard: foreign-object
choking

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 (11)

No expiration date is printed on product
however
at the store level
SYDDD
where S designates the shift (1
2
or 3)
Y designates the year
and DDD designates the Julian day. Example 19038 where 1 = shift
9 = year
038 = Julian day Lot codes: 19036 29036 39036

Distribution

Distributed in 20 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 3 recalled by Horizon Food Group 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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Same manufacturer · Horizon Food Group

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