Food recall

Clif Bar And Company recall: CLIF BAR Nuts & Seeds energy bar

Clif Bar And Company, of Emeryville, CA, recalled CLIF BAR Nuts & Seeds energy bar and 3 other products. The FDA's reason: “Firm was notified by supplier of sunflower kernels that they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 2, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 27, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Listeria

Status

Terminated

Closed November 3, 2016

The recall

Company
Clif Bar And Company (Emeryville, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Firm was notified by supplier of sunflower kernels that they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
Where it was sold
US and Canada
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
74310

The 4 products recalled

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

  • F-1693-2016 Class I

    CLIF BAR Nuts & Seeds energy bar, 68 g bar. Almonds, Peanuts, Pumpkin Seeds UPC: 7-22252-16101-7; 12 count and 6 count packages INGREDIENTS: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Rolled Oats, Soy Protein Isolate, Sunflower Seeds, Organic Almonds, Organic Cane Syrup, Organic Peanut Butter, Rice Flour, Organic Roasted Soybeans, Organic Pumpkin Seeds, Organic Sunflower Seed Butter, Organic Soy Flour, Organic Oat Fiber, Natural Flavors, Sea Salt, Sunflower Oil, Barley Malt Extract, Mixed Tocopherols (Antioxidant). ClifBar & Company, Emeryville, CA

    Codes: All pack configurations with best by date ranges starting 08JUN16 through 21JAN17

    Quantity: approximately 1,973,133 packaging units total, all varieties

  • F-1694-2016 Class I

    CLIF BAR Sierra Trail Mix energy bar, 68 g bar UPC: 7-22252-16105-5; 6 and 12 count packages, mini pack sizes-150 count Sample only. No UPC. INGREDIENTS: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Organic Rolled Oats, Organic Raisins, Organic Peanuts, Soy Protein Isolate, Rice Flour, Organic Cane Syrup, Organic Peanut Butter, Organic Roasted Soybeans, Organic Oat Fiber, Dried Cane Syrup, Organic Soy Flour, Unsweetened Chocolate, Pumpkin Seeds, Sunflower Seeds, Organic Date Paste, Sea Salt, Cocoa Butter, Natural Flavors, Barley Malt Extract, Sunflower Oil, Vanilla Extract, Soy Lecithin, Mixed Tocopherols (Antioxidant). ClifBar & Company, Emeryville, CA

    Codes: All pack configurations with best by date ranges starting 05JUN16 through 24MAR17

    Quantity: approximately 1,973,133 packaging units total, all varieties

  • F-1695-2016 Class I

    CLIF BAR Mojo Mountain Mix trail bar, 45 g bar UPC: 7-22252-10561-5; 12 count packages; INGREDIENTS: Organic Brown Rice Syrup, Soy Rice Crisps (Soy Protein Isolate, Organic Rice Flour, Calcium Carbonate), Organic Peanuts, Organic Raisins, Almonds, Organic Chocolate Chips (Organic Dried Cane Syrup, Organic Unsweetened Chocolate, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Soy Lecithin, Organic Vanilla Extract), Organic Pretzels (Organic Wheat Flour, Salt, Organic Canola Oil, Organic Malt), Organic Peanut Butter, Organic Roasted Soybeans, Pumpkin Seeds, Roasted Sunflower Seeds (Sunflower Seeds, Sunflower Oil), Organic Oat Syrup Solids, Vegetable Glycerin, Organic Sunflower Oil, Sea Salt, Organic Gum Arabic, Mixed Tocopherols (Antioxidant). ClifBar & Company, Emeryville, CA

    Codes: All pack configurations with best by date ranges starting 16JUN16 through 02FEB17

    Quantity: approximately 1,973,133 packaging units total, all varieties.

  • F-1696-2016 Class I

    CLIF BAR Sierra Trail Mix/ Melange Montagnard Sierra; 68 g bar; 12 ct packages UPC: 7-22252-12115-8 Canadian distribution only. INGREDIENTS: BROWN RICE SYRUP*, SOY RICE CRISPS (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, RICE FLOUR, BARLEY MALT EXTRACT), ROLLED OATS*, RAISINS*, PEANUTS*, CHOCOLATE CHIPS (DRIED CANE SYRUP, UNSWEETENED CHOCOLATE!, COCOA BUBUTTERSOY LECITHIN, VANILLA EXTRACT), ROASTED SOYBEANS*, CANE SYRUP*, PEANUT BUTTER*, SOY FLOUR*, OAT HULL FIBRE*, SUNFLOWER SEEDS, PUMPKIN SEEDS, DATE PASTE*, MILLED FLAXSEED*, SEA SALT, NATURAL FLAVOURS, TOCOPHEROLS. VITAMINS & MINERALS: POTASSIUM CITRATE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, ASCORBIC ACID, DL-ALPHA TOCOPHERYL ACETATE, ZINC CITRATE, MANGANESE GLUCONATE, NIACINAMIDE, BIOTIN, COPPER GLUCONATE, IRON, BETA-CAROTENE, RETINYL PALMITATE, D-CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, SODIUM SELENITE, FOLIC ACID, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, ERGOCALCIFEROL, CHROMIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM MOLYBDATE, POTASSIUM IODIDE, CYANOCOBALAMIN. CONTAINS PEANUTS, SOY, BARLEY, AND OATS. MAY CONTAIN TRACES OF TRITICALE, WHEAT, MILK, RYE, AND TREE NUTS. *ORGANIC INGRDIENTS : SIROP DE RIZ BRUN*, PPITES DE RIZ ET SOJA (ISOLAT DE PROTINES DE SOJA, FARINE DE RIZ, EXTRAIT DE MALT DORGE), FLOCONS DAVOINE*, RAISINS SECS*, ARACHIDES*, BRISURES DE CHOCOLAT (SIROP DE CANNE DSHYDRAT, CHOCOLAT NON SUCR!, BEURRE DE CACAO!, LCITHINE DE SOJA, EXTRAIT DE VANILLE), FVES DE SOJA GRILLES*, SIROP DE CANNE*, BEURRE DARACHIDE*, FARINE DE SOJA*, FIBRE DE BALLES DAVOINE*, GRAINES DE TOURNESOL, GRAINES DE CITROUILLE, PTE DE DATES*, GRAINES DE LIN MOULUES*, SEL MARIN, ARMES NATURELS, TOCOPHROLS. VITAMINES ET MINRAUX : CITRATE DE POTASSIUM, PHOSPHATE DICALCIQUE, OXYDE DE MAGNSIUM, ACIDE ASCORBIQUE, ACTATE DE DL-ALPHA TOCOPHRYLE, CITRATE DE ZINC, GLUCONATE DE MANGANSE, NIACINAMIDE, BIOTINE, BTA-CAROTNE, PALMITATE DE RTINYLE, GLUCONATE DE CUIVRE, FER, D-PANTOTHNATE DE CALCIUM, SLNITE DE SODIUM, ACIDE FOLIQUE, CHLORHYDRATE DE PYRIDOXINE, RIBOFLAVINE, MONONITRATE DE THIAMINE, ERGOCALCIFROL, CHLORURE DE CHROME, MOLYBDATE DE SODIUM, IODURE DE POTASSIUM, CYANOCOBALAMINE. ClifBar & Company Emeryville, CA 94608

    Codes: Expiry 2016JN06 to 2017FE23

    Quantity: approximately 1,973,133 packing units total, all varieties.

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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 July 27, 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.