Food recall

Sweet Sam's Baking Company, LLC recall: Black & White Mini Cookies

Sweet Sam's Baking Company, LLC, of Bronx, NY, recalled Black & White Mini Cookies. The FDA's reason: “The Black & White Mini Cookies contain undeclared milk. The product also contains soy lecithin, but the labeling only lists lecithin in the ingredient statement.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 23, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 27, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed May 25, 2016

The recall

Company
Sweet Sam's Baking Company, LLC (Bronx, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The Black & White Mini Cookies contain undeclared milk. The product also contains soy lecithin, but the labeling only lists lecithin in the ingredient statement.”
Where it was sold
Initial: Florida, Maryland, New York, & New Jersey for further distribution to Starbucks Company-operated stores in Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Ohio, South Carolina, and West Virginia.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
71075

The product recalled

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

  • F-2319-2015 Class I

    Black & White Mini Cookies, Net Wt. 2 oz. (56 g), SKU 408785, UPC code 833282000495, Manufactured for: Starbucks Coffee Company, Seattle, WA --- The product comes in a clear film package, each containing two cookies. Each case contains 12 - 2 oz. packages (units).

    Codes: all lots sold in Starbucks Company operated stores on or before Thursday, April 23rd, 2015.

    Quantity: 18,720 cases (equals 224,640 retail 2- packs)

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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 May 27, 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.