Food recall

Church & Dwight Inc recall: Arm & Hammer Baking Soda a) Net Wt

Church & Dwight Inc, of Princeton, NJ, recalled Arm & Hammer Baking Soda a) Net Wt. The FDA's reason: “Church and Dwight Co., Inc. has initiated a recall for Sodium Bicarbonate, USP produced by the Old Fort, OH Sodium Bicarbonate Production facility due to metal and other contamination.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 12, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 7, 2013. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed June 30, 2015

The recall

Company
Church & Dwight Inc (Princeton, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Church and Dwight Co., Inc. has initiated a recall for Sodium Bicarbonate, USP produced by the Old Fort, OH Sodium Bicarbonate Production facility due to metal and other contamination.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
65587

The product recalled

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

  • F-1754-2013 Class II

    Arm & Hammer Baking Soda a) Net Wt. 1 LB. (454 g) UPC 3320001130 b) Net Wt. 8 oz. (277 g) UPC 3320001110 Church & Dwight, Co. Inc. 469 N. Harrison Street Princeton, NJ 08543-5297 USA

    Codes: Lot FF3153 Lot FF3154

    Quantity: 8 oz. - 332 cases; 1lb. - 729 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 August 7, 2013.

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.