Food recall

Whole Foods Market recall: Whole Foods Market Vegan Vanilla Cake 6 Inch NET WT 2lb 11oz (1219g) Packed for Whole Foods Market PLU 41070 packaged...

Whole Foods Market, of Austin, TX, recalled Whole Foods Market Vegan Vanilla Cake 6 Inch NET WT 2lb 11oz (1219g) Packed for Whole Foods Market PLU 41070 packaged.... The FDA's reason: “undeclared soy (soy milk) allergen.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 18, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 16, 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 November 3, 2020

The recall

Company
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“undeclared soy (soy milk) allergen”
Where it was sold
Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Tennessee and one store in Tallahassee, Florida
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86277

The product recalled

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

  • F-1430-2020 Class I

    Whole Foods Market Vegan Vanilla Cake 6 Inch NET WT 2lb 11oz (1219g) Packed for Whole Foods Market PLU 41070 packaged in plastic dome containers with Whole Foods Market scale labels

    Codes: PLU code of 41070 and product sell-by date through August 24, 2020.

    Quantity: 18 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 September 16, 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.