Food recall

Interbake Foods recall: Girl Scout Peanut Butter Sandwich

Interbake Foods, of Richmond, VA, recalled Girl Scout Peanut Butter Sandwich and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “A single lot code of peanut butter used by the firm contained elevated aflatoxin levels.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 1, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 28, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed March 28, 2017

The recall

Company
Interbake Foods (Richmond, VA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“A single lot code of peanut butter used by the firm contained elevated aflatoxin levels”
Where it was sold
US: IA, PA, TN, WI. OUS: CANADA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
75227

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0942-2017 Class II

    Girl Scout Peanut Butter Sandwich, NET WT 8 0Z (227 g). UPC 0 20200 07007 8, ABC Bakers/Interbake Foods LLC, Richmond, VA 23233.

    Codes: 07GF23X8 07GF24Z8 07GF24Y8

    Quantity: 9,537 cases

  • F-0943-2017 Class II

    Benton's Peanut Butter filled Cookies covered in Rich Fudge, NET WT 9.5 OZ (269 g), UPC 041 498 1896 55, Distributed by ALDI INC. Great Value, Fudge Covered Peanut Butter, 269 g, Imported for Wal-Mart Canada Corp, Product of USA, UPC 6 28915 24342 0.

    Codes: 434205217A 896505217A 896505217B 896505217C 896505227A

    Quantity: 22,321 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 December 28, 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.