Food recall

Beechnut Nutrition recall: Beech-Nut brand Single Grain Rice Baby Cereal

Beechnut Nutrition, of Amsterdam, NY, recalled Beech-Nut brand Single Grain Rice Baby Cereal. The FDA's reason: “Product may contain elevated levels of inorganic arsenic (above 100ppb).” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 8, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 14, 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

Lead or other chemicals

Status

Terminated

Closed December 29, 2022

The recall

Company
Beechnut Nutrition (Amsterdam, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product may contain elevated levels of inorganic arsenic (above 100ppb)”
Where it was sold
IN, PA, TX, GA, TN, IL, NC, KS, OH, AZ, WA, OR, AR, KY, LA, FL, CA, UT, WI, CO, MI, MA, NJ, MO, MS, VA, IA, CT, ME
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
88082

The product recalled

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

  • F-0770-2021 Class II

    Beech-Nut brand Single Grain Rice Baby Cereal; NET WT. 8 OZ (227g); INGREDIENTS: Rice flour, sunflower lecithin; packaged in an 8oz plastic canister with safety seal, screw on inner cap and an over cap.

    Codes: Best By 01May22 Lots: 093470 and 103470

    Quantity: 8,831 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 July 14, 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.