Food recall

Hostess Brands, LLC recall: Hostess Raspberry Zingers, Raspberry Iced Cake With Creamy Fillling

Hostess Brands, LLC, of Kansas City, MO, recalled Hostess Raspberry Zingers, Raspberry Iced Cake With Creamy Fillling. The FDA's reason: “Product potentially has mold prior to best by date.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 2, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 19, 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

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed January 11, 2021

The recall

Company
Hostess Brands, LLC (Kansas City, MO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product potentially has mold prior to best by date.”
Where it was sold
Distributed nationwide to retail and wholesale food stores
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86071

The product recalled

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

  • F-1154-2020 Class II

    Hostess Raspberry Zingers, Raspberry Iced Cake With Creamy Fillling, packaged in the following ways: 1) in boxes containing 10 cakes Net Wt. 13.4 OZ (380 g) UPC 88109110604 and 2) in clear plastic bags containing 3 cakes Net Wt. 4.02 OZ (114 g) UPC 888109010089

    Codes: 10 pack: H061224000, Best By 8/26/2020, H06132400, Best By 8/27/2020, H061424000, Best By 8/28/2020, H0161524000, Best By 8/29/2020 (also available frozen without a best by date); 3 pack: H061224000, Best By 8/26/2020, H06132400, Best By 8/27/2020, H061424000, Best By 8/28/2020, (also available frozen with no best by date), H0161524000 (frozen, no best by date);

    Quantity: 34,409 cases

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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 August 19, 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.