Whole Foods Peanut Butter Cookies Recalled Due to Salmonella Risk
The Sourdough: A European Bakery Inc. is recalling Whole Foods 3 oz Peanut Butter Cookies because they were made with peanut butter recalled for salmonella.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a minimum severity score of 4, and the presence of a high-risk pathogen (Salmonella) in a food product typically warrants the highest severity rating in the absence of specific injury data that would lower the risk profile, though Class I is the primary driver for the top tier in this context.
Plain-English summary
The Sourdough: A European Bakery Inc. is recalling Whole Foods 3 oz Peanut Butter Cookies sold under PLU 47963 from the retail store self-serve pastry case. The recall was initiated because the cookies were manufactured using peanut butter that was previously recalled by Sunland, Inc. for salmonella.
The affected cookies were manufactured between May 1, 2012, and September 24, 2012, and sold before September 29, 2012. These products were distributed in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Consumers who have these cookies in their possession should stop eating them and dispose of them or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Whole Foods 3 oz Peanut Butter Cookies sold under PLU 47963 from the retail store self-serve pastry case.
- Manufacturer
- The Sourdough: A European Bakery Inc.
- Category
- Food — Bakery / Cookies
- 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 (4)
- All cookies sold before September 29
- 2012
- manufactured from May 1
- 2012 to September 24
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by The Sourdough: A European Bakery 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.
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