McClure's Chocolate Cake Recalled for Undeclared Wheat Allergen
McClure's Pies & Salads, Inc. is recalling 96 chocolate cakes because the ingredient list says 'flour' without specifying wheat, a major allergen.
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
McClure's Pies & Salads, Inc. is recalling 96 units of its Chocolate Cake product. The recall is due to an undeclared allergen: the ingredient statement lists "flour" but does not specify that it is wheat flour. Wheat is a major food allergen, and the lack of specific labeling poses a risk to consumers with wheat allergies.
The affected product was distributed to retail outlets in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The recall covers all product distributed prior to November 15, 2011.
Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for McClure's Chocolate Cake. If they have the product, they should stop consuming it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions or a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- McClure's Pies & Salads, Inc. Chocolate Cake
- Manufacturer
- McClures, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Bakery
- Affected units
- 96
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)
- All product distributed prior to 11/15/2011
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 33 recalled by McClures, 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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