Food recall

Blount Fine Foods Corporation recall: Panera Bread Broccoli Cheddar Soup

Blount Fine Foods Corporation, of Fall River, MA, recalled Panera Bread Broccoli Cheddar Soup. The FDA's reason: “Presence of Foreign object.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 2, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 23, 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed December 12, 2016

The recall

Company
Blount Fine Foods Corporation (Fall River, MA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Presence of Foreign object”
Where it was sold
CA, IL, IN, WY, FL, PA, CT, OK
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
75587

The product recalled

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

  • F-0475-2017 Class III

    Panera Bread Broccoli Cheddar Soup, 48 oz. sleeve (2/24 oz. cups/sleeve). Refrigerated UPC Code: 077958790918

    Codes: Lot codes: 092616-5F Use or Freeze By: 12/5/2016 and 092616-6F Use of Freeze By: 12/5/2016

    Quantity: 11,608 units

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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 November 23, 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.