Food recall

Whole Foods Market Mid-Atlantic Kitchen recall: Tom Yom Soup

Whole Foods Market Mid-Atlantic Kitchen, of Landover, MD, recalled Tom Yom Soup. The FDA's reason: “Ready to eat soup lists whey in the ingredient statement, but the product does not declare milk as the source for the allergen.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 19, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 9, 2014. 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 8, 2014

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market Mid-Atlantic Kitchen (Landover, MD)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Ready to eat soup lists whey in the ingredient statement, but the product does not declare milk as the source for the allergen.”
Where it was sold
Product was distributed to MD, NJ, OH, VA, KY, PA, and Washington, D.C.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
67577

The product recalled

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

  • F-1743-2014 Class I

    Tom Yom Soup, 24 oz. plastic cups, packed 6 cups\cardboard case, and labeled in part ***Manufactured by Whole Foods Market, Landover, MD 20785***UPC 00000601467***

    Codes: Use by 4/8/14

    Quantity: 504 cups

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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 April 9, 2014.

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.