Zapp's Brand Bayou Blackened Ranch Potato Chips Recalled for Salmonella
Utz Quality Foods is recalling Zapp's Brand Bayou Blackened Ranch Potato Chips in 2.5oz and 8oz bags due to potential Salmonella contamination. Affected products were distributed across 32 states.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The FDA classified this recall as Class I, which per the rubric requires a minimum score of 4. Although no illnesses have been reported, the potential presence of Salmonella—a high-risk pathogen—in a widely distributed food product distributed across 32 states meets the Class I standard for severe risk.
Plain-English summary
Utz Quality Foods, LLC is recalling Zapp's Brand Bayou Blackened Ranch Potato Chips in 2.5oz and 8oz plastic bags due to potential presence of Salmonella. The recalled product bears code numbers 83791272924 and 83791272931, with approximately 179,837 bags affected.
The recalled product was distributed to Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. Salmonella can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and those with weakened immune systems. If you have questions about this recall, contact Utz Quality Foods, LLC.
The recalled product
- Product
- 2.5oz , 8oz , Zapp's Brand Bayou Blackened Ranch Potato Chips, Plastic Bag.
- Manufacturer
- Utz Quality Foods, LLC
- Category
- Food — Snack / Potato Chips
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 179,837
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)
- 83791272924
- 83791272931
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 6 recalled by Utz Quality Foods, 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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