HP Hood Recalls my essentials Sour Cream Due to Metal Bolt Fragment
HP Hood LLC is recalling my essentials brand sour cream because a metal bolt fragment from a filling machine was found in the product.
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 foreign object) where injury has not yet been reported, meeting the criteria for a High severity score.
Plain-English summary
HP Hood LLC is voluntarily recalling my essentials brand sour cream, 24 oz. containers, distributed by DZA Brands, LLC. The recall was initiated after the company received one complaint regarding a foreign object in the product. The object was identified as part of a metal bolt from a filling machine.
The affected product is identified by the code APR 05 14, which is ink jetted onto the lip of the lid on each container. The product was distributed in Maine, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Florida. A total of 2,789 cases (12 x 24 oz. containers per case) are involved in the recall.
Consumers who have this product in their possession should stop using it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase. No illnesses or injuries have been reported in connection with this recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- my essentials brand sour cream, NET WT. 24 OZ. (680g), UPC 7 25439 10546 0 --- Firm on label: DISTRIBUTED BY DZA BRANDS, LLC 2110 Executive Drive, Salisbury, NC 28147 --- The sour cream is packed in a plastic container.
- Manufacturer
- HP Hood LLC
- Category
- Food — Dairy
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)
- APR 05 14 (ink jetted onto the lip of the lid on each container)
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