Food recall

Frito-Lay, Inc. recall: Classic Lays potato chips 2 3/4 oz

Frito-Lay, Inc., of Plano, TX, recalled Classic Lays potato chips 2 3/4 oz. The FDA's reason: “Water from a roof leak may have dripped on chips prior to packaging.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 10, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 8, 2020. 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 February 20, 2020

The recall

Company
Frito-Lay, Inc. (Plano, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Water from a roof leak may have dripped on chips prior to packaging”
Where it was sold
Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, Maryland, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Vermont
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
84462

The product recalled

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

  • F-0443-2020 Class III

    Classic Lays potato chips 2 3/4 oz. UPC 28400 42054; Classic Lays potato chips 8 oz. UPC 28400 19914; Classic Lays potato chips 10 oz. UPC 28400 64549; Classic Lays potato chips 15 1/4 oz. UPC 28400 64474; Classic Lays potato chips 15 7/8 oz. UPC 28400 11087 all packaged in flexible plastic bags

    Codes: Guaranteed Fresh MAR 10 2020 AND 9-digit Manufacturing Code 4662xxxxx or 566xxxxxx or 666xxxxxx (x=any number)

    Quantity: 47,332 bags

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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 January 8, 2020.

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.