Custom Ingredients Recalls Cheese Pre-mix for Undeclared Wheat
Custom Ingredients LLC is recalling 83,050 lbs of Cheese Pre-mix JE 4-2 due to undeclared wheat. The product was distributed in Texas and New York.
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 (wheat), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) per the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Custom Ingredients LLC is voluntarily recalling 83,050 lbs of Cheese Pre-mix JE 4-2, packaged in 50-lb bags. The product is intended for use in the manufacture of cheese dip. The recall was initiated on February 17, 2014, and was terminated on December 11, 2014.
The recall was issued because the product contains undeclared wheat, a major food allergen. The FDA classified this recall as Class II, indicating a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.
The affected product was distributed in Texas and New York. Specific lot numbers and expiration dates are listed in the recall details. Consumers and food service operators should check their inventory for the specific lot numbers and expiration dates provided in the official recall notice and discontinue use if found.
The recalled product
- Product
- Cheese Pre-mix JE 4-2, in 50 lbs bags intended to be used in the manufacture of cheese dip
- Manufacturer
- Custom Ingredients LLC
- Category
- Food — Food Ingredients
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 (20)
- Lot# 082813-103/104/105/106
- Exp Date 11/28/2013
- Lot# 090413-104/105
- Exp Date 12/4/2013
- Lot# 092413-103
- Exp Date 12/24/2013
- Lot# 102113-101/102
- Exp Date 1/21/2014
- Lot# 102413-101-104
- Exp Date 1/24/2014
- Lot# 102513-102-104
- Exp Date 1/25/2014
- Lot# 102513-105
- Lot# 112113-103
- Exp Date 2/21/2014
- Lot# 121013-104
- Exp Date 3/10/2014
- Lot# 121213-103/104
- Exp Date 3/12/2014
- Lot# 121213-105
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 20 recalled by Custom Ingredients 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.
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