Popchips Sea Salt & Vinegar Recalled for Potential Metal Fragments
Sonora Mills Foods is recalling Popchips Sea Salt & Vinegar snacks because an ingredient may contain metal fragments.
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 risk-of-harm product (metal fragments) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the criteria for a High severity score.
Plain-English summary
Sonora Mills Foods is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Popchips Sea Salt & Vinegar, Potato Popped Chip Snack. The recall affects 17,586 cases of the product in 0.4 oz, 0.8 oz, 3 oz, and 85 g package sizes.
The recall was initiated because the firm received lactic acid from Kerry Ingredients and Flavors that may potentially contain metal fragments. The affected products were distributed nationwide in the United States and in Canada.
Consumers should check their pantries for the specific lot codes listed in the official recall notice. If they have the affected product, they should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for instructions on disposal or refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- popchips¿ Sea Salt & Vinegar, Potato Popped Chip Snack, 0.4 oz (UPC 0 82666 76550 9), 0.8 oz (UPC 0 82666 75500 5), 3 oz (UPC 0 82666 70050 0), 85 g (UPC 0 82666 71240 4 and 0 82666 71240 4)
- Manufacturer
- Sonora Mills Foods
- Category
- Food — Snacks
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 17,586
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 (13)
- 0.4oz: MAY2113
- 0.8 oz: Lot MAY1613
- MAY2013
- MAY2113TM
- MAY2613
- 3 oz: MAY0313
- MAY0813
- MAY0913
- MAY1013LY
- MAY1513
- MAY1613
- MAY2113
- 85g: Lot 13MA23TM and 13MA08
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Sonora Mills Foods 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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