The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-2116-2016·Announced 2016-09-21

Hostess Zingers Vanilla cakes recalled for unlabeled peanut allergen

Hostess Brands is recalling Zingers Vanilla cakes because they were made with flour containing peanut allergen but are not labeled as containing peanuts.

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 (peanut), which meets the criteria for a High severity score (3) under the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Hostess Brands, LLC is recalling specific lots of Hostess Zingers Vanilla and Dolly Zingers cakes. The product is an iced vanilla cake with creamy filling, sold in 10-count multi-packs and 6-count single-serving snack packs. The recall involves 1,008,996 units that were distributed nationwide.

The recall is being conducted because the product was manufactured with flour known to contain peanut allergen, yet the packaging is not labeled to contain peanuts. This mislabeling poses a risk to consumers with peanut allergies.

Consumers should check their pantries for the specific UPCs and best-by dates listed in the official recall notice. If you have these products, do not consume them. Affected lots include UPC 888109110598 and UPC 888109010119/888109300029 with best-by dates ranging from June 4, 2016, to June 19, 2016.

The recalled product

Product
Iced Vanilla cake with creamy filling, packaged as Hostess Zingers Vanilla in 10-ct multi-packs of individual cakes, net wt. 12.70oz (360 g), UPC 888109110598; 6-ct. single serving fun size snack packs, 3 cakes per pack net wt. 3.81 oz. (108g), UPC 888109010119 and 888109300029…
Manufacturer
Hostess Brands, LLC
Category
Food — Baked Goods
Hazard
Affected units
1,008,996

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)

  • batch and best buy date per UPC: UPC 888109110598: D033124000
  • best by 6/4/2016
  • D040124000
  • best by 6/5/2016
  • D040724000
  • best by 6/11/2016
  • D041424000
  • best by 6/18/2016
  • D041524000
  • best by 6/19/2016
  • and UPC 888109300029/888109010119: D033124000
  • D040824000
  • best by 6/12/2016

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 11 recalled by Hostess Brands, LLC 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 11 products in this recall →

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