Food recall

Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods Inc. recall: Simply Nature Sweet Potato Bites

Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods Inc., of Elmwood Park, NJ, recalled Simply Nature Sweet Potato Bites. The FDA's reason: “Product may contain foreign object.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 18, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed June 23, 2022

The recall

Company
Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods Inc. (Elmwood Park, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may contain foreign object.”
Where it was sold
Product was distributed to ALDI warehouses in multiple states with further distribution to: Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
85936

The product recalled

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

  • F-1011-2020 Class II

    Simply Nature Sweet Potato Bites, 12oz retail boxes variety pack, Expiration date 4/9/2022. Lot code R20AJ-01A.

    Codes: Lot code R20AJ-01A

    Quantity: 51,296 boxes

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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 July 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.