Heritage Shortbread Lemon Infused Recalled for Missing Wheat Labeling
Heritage Shortbread is recalling Lemon Infused shortbread because the label failed to list wheat as an ingredient.
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 (wheat) on a common allergen, which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Heritage Short Bread, Inc. is recalling 2/4 oz boxes of Heritage Shortbreaad Lemon Infused shortbread. The product contains enriched flour, pasteurized cream (milk), sugar, salt, pure crystallized ginger, and organic ground ginger.
The recall was initiated after a South Carolina State Department inspection revealed that the product label did not list wheat as an ingredient. The product was shipped to Connecticut and Utah.
Consumers should check their pantries for this product. If found, they should stop using it and follow the instructions provided by the recalling firm.
The recalled product
- Product
- Heritage Shortbreaad Lemon Infused Ingredients: Enriched flour, pasteurized cream(milk),sugar, salt, pure crystallized ginger, organic ground ginger Mfg. by Heritage Shortbread, Inc. Hilton Head Island, SC 09926
- Manufacturer
- Heritage Short Bread, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Baked Goods
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)
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Distribution
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