Food recall

Kraft Foods Group Inc. recall: Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Boxed Dinner Original Flavor

Kraft Foods Group Inc., of Champaign, IL, recalled Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Boxed Dinner Original Flavor. The FDA's reason: “This voluntary recall has been initiated because Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Boxed Dinners may contain metal pieces.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 17, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 22, 2015. 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 February 9, 2018

The recall

Company
Kraft Foods Group Inc. (Champaign, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“This voluntary recall has been initiated because Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Boxed Dinners may contain metal pieces.”
Where it was sold
*** US: Nationwide ( AL, AR, AZ, CA, CT, FL, GA, HI, IL, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, NC, ND, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, SC, TN, VA, VI, WA, WI) *** FOREIGN: Bahamas, El Salvador, Guyana, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Panama
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
70766

The product recalled

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

  • F-1955-2015 Class II

    Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Boxed Dinner Original Flavor, 7.25oz.,packaged in blue and yellow cardboard box. There are four different package types affected by this recall: 1) single 7.25 oz boxes, 3-pack box of 7.25 oz boxes, 4-pack shrink wrap of 7.25 oz boxes, and 5-pack shrink wrap of 7.25 oz boxes.

    Codes: 18 SEP 2015 C2 through 11 OCT 2015 C2 UPC: 0 21000 65883 1

    Quantity: 242,000 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 April 22, 2015.

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.