Food recall

Tastefully Simple, Inc recall: Product comes in as part of Fabulous Fudge Gift Box

Tastefully Simple, Inc, of Alexandria, MN, recalled Product comes in as part of Fabulous Fudge Gift Box. The FDA's reason: “Tastefully Simple is recalling various lots of Cookie & Cream Fudge(Fabulous Fudge Gift) because the product appears to have mold growing on the small chocolate cookie pieces on the top of the...” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 18, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 24, 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 III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed February 4, 2015

The recall

Company
Tastefully Simple, Inc (Alexandria, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Tastefully Simple is recalling various lots of Cookie & Cream Fudge(Fabulous Fudge Gift) because the product appears to have mold growing on the small chocolate cookie pieces on the top of the Cookies & Cream Fudge.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69848

The product recalled

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

  • F-0713-2015 Class III

    Product comes in as part of Fabulous Fudge Gift Box. The Gift box contains 2 samples of the recalled product, Cookies & Cream Fudge and 2 samples of a second product not being recalled. The product comes in small plastic container with lid (3.5" x 2.5" x 21.875"). A small spoon is also present in the package. Gift Box Label: Fabulous Fudge, Tastefully Simple, Cookies & Cream Fudge, Creamy Chocolate Fudge, 4 - 2.5 oz cups newt WT 10 oz (280 g), Item #421129. Individual Package Label: tastefully simple, Cookies & Cream Fudge, Net WT 2.5 oz (70 g), Item #758604.

    Codes: Lot & (Best Buy Day): Lots: 3439 (02/09/15) , 3464 (02/09/15) , 3636 (02/09/15, 02/14/15, 02/15/15) , 3739 ( 02/14/15, 02/15/15, 04/13/15).

    Quantity: 4,257 gift sets and 1,638 indivdual units for a total of 10,152 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 December 24, 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.