Food recall

Whole Food Market recall: Whole Foods Market Chocolate Chewies Cookies in clamshell packaging

Whole Food Market, of Cambridge, MA, recalled Whole Foods Market Chocolate Chewies Cookies in clamshell packaging. The FDA's reason: “Product contains undeclared walnuts.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 18, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 17, 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 March 16, 2016

The recall

Company
Whole Food Market (Cambridge, MA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product contains undeclared walnuts”
Where it was sold
MA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
68820

The product recalled

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

  • F-2418-2014 Class I

    Whole Foods Market Chocolate Chewies Cookies in clamshell packaging, sold by the lb. Item # 6126

    Codes: Use By date of: 7/18/14.

    Quantity: 16 units

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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 September 17, 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.