Food recall

Hillshire Brands Company recall: Sara Lee Butter Streusel Coffee Cake

Hillshire Brands Company, of Downers Grove, IL, recalled Sara Lee Butter Streusel Coffee Cake. The FDA's reason: “The retail packages of Sara Lee Butter Streusel Coffee Cake with UPC #3210002342 and a Best By Date of 10/16/2013 actually contain Sara Lee Pecan Coffee Cake, resulting in the undeclared allergen -...” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 21, 2012, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 12, 2012. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed April 12, 2016

The recall

Company
Hillshire Brands Company (Downers Grove, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The retail packages of Sara Lee Butter Streusel Coffee Cake with UPC #3210002342 and a Best By Date of 10/16/2013 actually contain Sara Lee Pecan Coffee Cake, resulting in the undeclared allergen - pecans.”
Where it was sold
Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
63736

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0796-2013 Class I

    Sara Lee Butter Streusel Coffee Cake, Net Wt. 11.5 oz ; 8 cakes per 5.75 lb case; Distributed by Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, IL 60515 U.S.A.; UPC: 032100023429

    Codes: UPC: 032100023429; Best By Date of 10/16/2013

    Quantity: 588 cases

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of December 12, 2012.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.