Food recall

Frito-Lay, Inc. recall: 16 count Smartfood Delight Variety Pack Sack

Frito-Lay, Inc., of Plano, TX, recalled 16 count Smartfood Delight Variety Pack Sack and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “The firm is recalling 1/2 oz. bags of Smartfood Delight Sea Salt Flavored popcorn packaged in two variety pack offerings. The popcorn bags have the potential to contain cheese-flavored chips and...” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 2, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 12, 2018. 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

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed February 5, 2019

The recall

Company
Frito-Lay, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The firm is recalling 1/2 oz. bags of Smartfood Delight Sea Salt Flavored popcorn packaged in two variety pack offerings. The popcorn bags have the potential to contain cheese-flavored chips and therefore undeclared milk.”
Where it was sold
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
81486

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0689-2019 Class I

    16 count Smartfood Delight Variety Pack Sack

    Codes: use by dates of 4 DEC 2018 OR 18 DEC 2018, and 11-digit manufacturing code that will include the letter combination AM in the second and third position (example: xAMxxxxxxxx)

    Quantity: 19,565 sacks (total)

  • F-0690-2019 Class I

    16 count Crunch & Pop Mix Variety Pack Sack

    Codes: use by dates of 18 DEC 2018 OR 1 JAN 2019, and 11-digit manufacturing code that will include the letter combination AM in the second and third position (example: xAMxxxxxxxx)

    Quantity: 19,565 sacks (total)

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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 12, 2018.

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.