Food recall

HOSTESS BRANDS LLC recall: Hostesss SnoBalls packaged as Hostess Chocolate CupCakes

HOSTESS BRANDS LLC, of Lenexa, KS, recalled Hostesss SnoBalls packaged as Hostess Chocolate CupCakes. The FDA's reason: “SnoBalls snack cakes were packaged with a label for Chocolate CupCakes causing the product to fail to declare the major food allergen coconut.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 10, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 12, 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 II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed June 24, 2021

The recall

Company
HOSTESS BRANDS LLC (Lenexa, KS)
Reason, in FDA's words
“SnoBalls snack cakes were packaged with a label for Chocolate CupCakes causing the product to fail to declare the major food allergen coconut.”
Where it was sold
Distributed to retail distribution centers in AL, FL, IA, KY, MI, NV, NY, OH, PA, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
87697

The product recalled

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

  • F-0480-2021 Class II

    Hostesss SnoBalls packaged as Hostess Chocolate CupCakes, Net Wt 3.17 OZ, UPC 8 88109 01001 0, Hostess Brands, LLC Kansas City, MO

    Codes: Best by May 27, 2021

    Quantity: 648 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 May 12, 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.