The Recall Desk
HighFDA (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.

What this means for you

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 is classified as FDA Class I due to allergen mislabeling (peanut), which poses a significant risk of serious adverse health consequences to individuals with allergies, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for common allergen 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.

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: