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Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalUSDA FSIS·017-2018·Announced 2018-03-02

Kansas City Baking Company Recalls Ready-to-Eat Meat Products

The Kansas City Baking Company is recalling ready-to-eat meat products produced without federal inspection and containing undeclared allergens.

The agency’s classification

USDA FSIS: 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 classifies the recall as 'High - Class I' and 'Class I'. According to the rubric, if the agency's own classification is FDA Class I or USDA Class I, the score must be 5 (Critical).

Plain-English summary

The Kansas City Baking Company, located in North Kansas City, Missouri, is recalling an undetermined amount of ready-to-eat meat products. The recall was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on March 2, 2018. The affected items include various breakfast burritos, quiche pies, and croissants produced between February 2017 and February 27, 2018. These products do not bear any dates or codes and are subject to recall as listed in the official labels.

The recall was initiated because the products were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and do not bear the federal mark of inspection. Additionally, the products contain known allergens—specifically wheat, eggs, soy, and milk—that are not declared on the finished product labels. The issue was discovered on March 1, 2018, when an FSIS investigator determined the firm was preparing USDA amenable products without proper inspection.

The recalled items were shipped to café locations in Kansas and Missouri. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Consumers who have purchased these items are urged not to consume them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase. Anyone concerned about a reaction should contact a healthcare provider.

The recalled product

Product
The Kansas City Baking Company Recalls Ready-To-Eat Meat Products Produced without Benefit of Inspection
Category
Food — Ready-to-Eat Meat
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed in 2 states:

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