Food recall

Ferrara Candy Company recall: Ferrara Candy Company assorted candy Heart Box, including Laffy Taffy, Nerds, and SweeTarts candies

Ferrara Candy Company, of Chicago, IL, recalled Ferrara Candy Company assorted candy Heart Box, including Laffy Taffy, Nerds, and SweeTarts candies. The FDA's reason: “Undeclared ingredients on retail packaging, including but not limited to certified colors Red #40 and Blue #1.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 18, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 10, 2021. 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

Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed September 1, 2021

The recall

Company
Ferrara Candy Company (Chicago, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared ingredients on retail packaging, including but not limited to certified colors Red #40 and Blue #1”
Where it was sold
Nationwide retail
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
87338

The product recalled

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

  • F-0336-2021 Class III

    Ferrara Candy Company assorted candy Heart Box, including Laffy Taffy, Nerds, and SweeTarts candies. 10 retail units per wholesale case. Package UPC 0 41420 04965 1

    Codes: All product distributed prior to 2/18/2021

    Quantity: 3832 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 March 10, 2021.

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.