Food recall

Clorox Co (The) recall: Hidden Valley Original Ranch dressing

Clorox Co (The), of Oakland, CA, recalled Hidden Valley Original Ranch dressing. The FDA's reason: “Incorrect ingredient labels inadvertently put on some bottles of salad dressing and therefore there is no declaration of soy lecithin as an ingredient.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 3, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 20, 2016. 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

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed August 15, 2016

The recall

Company
Clorox Co (The) (Oakland, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Incorrect ingredient labels inadvertently put on some bottles of salad dressing and therefore there is no declaration of soy lecithin as an ingredient.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide distribution.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73446

The product recalled

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

  • F-1074-2016 Class III

    Hidden Valley Original Ranch dressing, 16 fl oz. ( 473 ml). plastic bottles; Ingredients: Vegetable oil (soybean and/or Canola oil) water, egg yolk, sugar, Salt, Cultured non fat buttermilk, natural flavors (milk, soy), less than 1% spiced, dried garlic, dried onion, vinegar, phosphoric acid, xanthan gum, modified food starch, monosodium glutamate, artifical flavors, disodium phosphate, sorbic acid and calcium disodium EDTS as preservatives, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate. Contains Egg, Milk, Soy, Gluten. HV Food Products Co. Oakland, CA 94612

    Codes: Lot Number: 200551 (22:00 to 22:59) G115315 B 27AUG16 22

    Quantity: 318 cases ( 2910 x 16 oz. bottles)

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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 20, 2016.

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.