Frito-Lay Recalls SunChips and Rold Gold Mix for Undeclared Peanuts
Frito-Lay is recalling 20-count SunChips & Rold Gold Mix packages due to a potential for undeclared peanuts. Consumers should stop eating the product and return it to the store.
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 on a common allergen (peanuts), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Frito-Lay, Inc. is recalling 259,128 units of 20-count SunChips & Rold Gold Mix packages. The product is packaged as 20 single flexible plastic bags and was distributed nationwide throughout the US. The recall is issued because the product has the potential to contain undeclared peanuts.
The affected products have "guaranteed fresh" dates ranging from June 14, 2016, to August 9, 2016. Additionally, the 9-digit manufacturing code located directly underneath the "guaranteed fresh" date includes the number "32" in the second and third position (example: x32xxxxxx).
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop eating it and return it to the store where it was purchased for a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- 20 count SunChips & Rold Gold Mix packaged as 20 single flexible plastic bags
- Manufacturer
- Frito-Lay, Inc
- Category
- Food — Snacks
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 259,128
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 (2)
- "guaranteed fresh" dates ranging from June 14
- 2016 - August 9
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 7 recalled by Frito-Lay, 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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