Bimbo Bakeries Recalls Earthgrains Bread Due to Possible Wire Presence
Bimbo Bakeries USA is voluntarily recalling Earthgrains 12 Grain Natural Bread because a faulty screen at a flour mill may have introduced flexible wire into 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 physical foreign object (flexible wire) in food, which poses a risk of injury (choking or internal injury). Per the rubric, risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported are classified as High (Score 3).
Plain-English summary
Bimbo Bakeries USA has initiated a voluntary recall of Earthgrains 12 Grain Natural Bread, NET WT 1 LB 8 OZ (680g). The recall is due to the possible presence of flexible wire in the bread. This issue is attributed to a faulty screen at a third-party flour mill that supplied the flour used in the manufacture of the recalled products.
The affected products were distributed nationwide. Consumers should check their pantries for Earthgrains 12 Grain Natural Bread with best-by dates prior to and including February 20. If you have this product, do not consume it. You should discard the product or return it to the place of purchase for a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- Earthgrains 12 Grain Natural Bread, NET WT 1 LB 8 OZ (680g)
- Manufacturer
- Bimbo Bakeries Usa
- Category
- Food — Bread
- Hazard
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 by dates prior to and including Feb 20
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 13 recalled by Bimbo Bakeries Usa 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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