The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-2450-2014·Announced 2014-09-24

Lean Cuisine Chicken with Peanut Sauce Recalled for Peanut Mislabeling

Nestle USA is recalling Lean Cuisine Chicken with Peanut Sauce due to package mislabeling regarding peanut content.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classified this recall as Class I — a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Nestl¿ Prepared Foods Company Announces Allergy Alert and Voluntary Recall of LEAN CUISINE Culinary Collection Chicken with Peanut Sauce Recall Due to Package Mislabeling"

Plain-English summary

Nestle USA, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Lean Cuisine Culinary Collection Chicken with Peanut Sauce. The recall is an allergy alert issued because the product packaging was mislabeled regarding its peanut content. The product is packaged in 9 oz plastic trays in fiberboard cartons.

The recall involves 450 cases, with 12 cartons in each case. The product was distributed nationwide to Washington, California, Montana, Louisiana, and Texas. The affected product has a UPC code of 13800 10154, a production code of 4165595911U, and a best before date of July 2015.

Consumers who have purchased this product should check their pantries for the specific production code and best before date listed above. If the product matches these details, consumers should not consume it and should return it to the place of purchase or dispose of it.

The recalled product

Product
Lean Cuisine Culinary Collection Chicken with Peanut Sauce. Packaged in 9 oz (255g) Plastic Tray in Fiberboard Carton 12 cartons per case by Nestle USA, INC, Solon, OH 44139 USA.
Manufacturer
Nestle USA, Inc.
Category
Food — Frozen Meals
Hazard

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)

  • UPC code 13800 10154
  • production code of 4165595911U and has a best before date of JULY 2015

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 5 states specifically:

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