The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1645-2012·Announced 2012-07-04

Bay Valley Foods Recalls Pasta Salad Mix Due to Metal Fragments

Bay Valley Foods is voluntarily recalling approximately 74,000 cases of boxed pasta mix products because they may contain small 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 High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Bay Valley Foods is voluntarily recalling approximately 74,000 cases of boxed pasta mix products manufactured by its subsidiary STP Specialty Foods, Inc. The recall is based on information received from Kerry Food Ingredients and Flavors.

The recalled products contained a seasoning blend manufactured by Kerry with lactic acid which may contain small metal fragments. The specific product identified is Food Club Pasta Salad Classics Ranch & Bacon, NET WT 7.5 OZ (212g), UPC 3680034311, distributed by TOPCO ASSOCIATED, LLC.

Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using them and return them to the place of purchase for a refund or contact the recalling firm for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Food Club Pasta Salad Classics Ranch & Bacon, NET WT 7.5 OZ ( 212g), UPC 3680034311, Distributed by TOPCO ASSOCIATED, LLC, 7711 GROSS POINT ROAD, SKOKIE, IL 60077
Affected units
480

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)

  • 77A05222

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 9 recalled by TreeHouse Foods, Inc / Bay Valley 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.

See all 9 products in this recall →

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