Food recall

Whole Foods Market recall: Whole Foods Market Green Chile Chicken Tamale served as a Family Meal, Chef's Case

Whole Foods Market, of Austin, TX, recalled Whole Foods Market Green Chile Chicken Tamale served as a Family Meal, Chef's Case. The FDA's reason: “Contains undeclared milk.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 2, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 1, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed April 7, 2020

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Contains undeclared milk”
Where it was sold
Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah and Wisconsin.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
85135

The product recalled

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

  • F-0846-2020 Class I

    Whole Foods Market Green Chile Chicken Tamale served as a Family Meal, Chef's Case, Packaged, Frozen and on he hot bar PLU 72429 packaged in plastic containers and in family-style meal kits

    Codes: Product Code (begins with) 224401, 237593, 272405,237597, 272429, 277626, 272435; Best By Through 3/7/2020-3/31/2020; Packed date from February 28th 2020 to March 1st, 2020

    Quantity: 2270 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 April 1, 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.