Food recall

Hormel Foods Corporation recall: Skippy Creamy 25% Less Fat Reduced Fat Peanut Butter Spread Net Wt

Hormel Foods Corporation, of Austin, MN, recalled Skippy Creamy 25% Less Fat Reduced Fat Peanut Butter Spread Net Wt. The FDA's reason: “Potential metal shavings in jars of peanut butter.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 29, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 2, 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 June 27, 2016

The recall

Company
Hormel Foods Corporation (Austin, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Potential metal shavings in jars of peanut butter.”
Where it was sold
AL, AR, DE, GA, NC, SC, VA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
72523

The product recalled

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

  • F-0288-2016 Class II

    Skippy Creamy 25% Less Fat Reduced Fat Peanut Butter Spread Net Wt. 16.3 OZ (1 lb 0.3 OZ) 462g in plastic jars, UPC: 037600105002

    Codes: Best IF Used By DEC1416LR1

    Quantity: 153 cases (12 jars per case)

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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 2, 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.