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Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1462-2013·Announced 2013-06-05

Whole Foods Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies Recalled for Salmonella Risk

The Sourdough: A European Bakery Inc. is recalling Whole Foods peanut butter chocolate chunk 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 severity score of 5 according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

The Sourdough: A European Bakery Inc. is recalling Whole Foods 3 oz Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies sold under PLU 47963 from the retail store self-serve pastry case. The recall is being conducted 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. All cookies sold before September 29, 2012, are included in this recall. The product was distributed in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.

Consumers who have purchased these cookies should stop eating them and return them to the place of purchase for a refund or dispose of them. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.

The recalled product

Product
Whole Foods 3 oz Peanut Butter Chocolate Chunk Cookies sold under PLU 47963 from the retail store self-serve pastry 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 (5)

  • All cookies sold before September 29
  • 2012
  • manufactured from May 1
  • 2012 to September 24
  • 2012.

Distribution

Distributed in 4 states:

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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