The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1463-2014·Announced 2014-02-05

NatureBox Picante Ranch Mix Recalled for Missing Wheat Allergen Labeling

NatureBox is recalling Picante Ranch Mix because the ingredient list failed to disclose unbleached wheat flour and bulgur wheat.

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 allergen mislabeling for wheat, a common allergen, which meets the criteria for a High severity score under the rubric.

Plain-English summary

NatureBox, Inc. is recalling 5,371 bags of NatureBox Picante Ranch Mix Spicy Snack Mix with Corn Nuts and Masa Chips. The product is a 4-ounce stand-up pouch containing corn nuts, sugar, flax chips, and snack seasoning. The recall was initiated after it was discovered that the supplier used an incorrect specification, resulting in an ingredient statement that did not include unbleached wheat flour and bulgur wheat.

The affected products are distributed in the United States. The recall includes all lot codes with an expiration date of 4/1/14, which includes consumer-facing lot codes 3BC13324, 4BC13339, 5BC13340, 5BC13354, 5BC14003, and 4BC13009, as well as supplier lot code 13274. The packaging notes that the products are packaged in a facility that also processes tree nuts, peanuts, milk, wheat, egg, and soy.

Consumers with this product should check the expiration date and lot code to determine if it is affected. The FDA has classified this recall as Class II, indicating that there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.

The recalled product

Product
NatureBox Picante Ranch Mix Spicy Snack Mix with Corn Nuts and Masa Chips; Net. WT: 4 oz. (113 g), Stand up Pouch, Vegan Ingredients: Corn Nuts (corn, canola oil, soybean oil, salt), Sugar, Flax Chips (Yellow corn masa, flax seeds, soybean oil, salt) Snack Seasoning(sour…
Manufacturer
NatureBox, Inc.
Category
Food — Snack Mix
Hazard
Affected units
5,371

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)

  • 4BC13339
  • 5BC13340
  • 5BC13354
  • 5BC14003
  • 4BC13009). Supplier lot code 13274.

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 2 recalled by NatureBox, 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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