YouBar Coffee Bars Recalled for Potential Listeria Contamination
YouBar is recalling specific Coffee Bar products because the cashew butter ingredient may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
YouBar Inc. is voluntarily recalling specific lots of YouBar Coffee Bar, Carmel Macchiato, and Imagine Better Coffee: Gluten Free, Fair Trade Coffee. The recall was initiated after the firm was notified by its supplier that the cashew butter used in these protein bars is under recall due to the potential presence of Listeria monocytogenes.
The affected products are sold in 12-bar boxes weighing 1.58 oz. (45g) per bar. The recall includes 288 whole box locations and 30 VIP sample box locations. Affected expiration dates are 10/18/17, 10/23/17, 10/30/17, and 11/6/2017. The products were distributed directly to customers.
Consumers who have purchased these specific products should check their expiration dates and stop consuming them if they match the listed dates. The FDA classifies this as a Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall.
The recalled product
- Product
- YouBar Coffee Bar, Carmel Macchiato; Imagine Better Coffee: Gluten Free, Fair Trade Coffee 12 bars per box 1.58 oz. (45g); 12 bars per box Manufactured by YouBar Inc. Monterey Park, CA.
- Manufacturer
- YouBar
- Category
- Food — Protein Bars
- 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 (4)
- Expiration dates: 10/18/17
- 10/23/17
- 10/30/17
- 11/6/2017
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 33 recalled by YouBar 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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