Food recall

The Baking Institute Baking Co. recall: Carrot cake (no brand)

The Baking Institute Baking Co., of Wheeling, IL, recalled Carrot cake (no brand). The FDA's reason: “Undeclared milk, coconut, and walnut. Product contains milk in cream cheese frosting, coconut in the cake batter, and walnuts as garnish around cake.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 31, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 29, 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 February 15, 2022

The recall

Company
The Baking Institute Baking Co. (Wheeling, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared milk, coconut, and walnut. Product contains milk in cream cheese frosting, coconut in the cake batter, and walnuts as garnish around cake.”
Where it was sold
5 retail stores in Chicago IL metro area
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
88605

The product recalled

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

  • F-0991-2021 Class II

    Carrot cake (no brand), 6 inch and 8 inch sizes, on plastic base, with clear plastic dome. UPC code: 8 13749 01001 4 6-inch cake 8 50024 83623 5 8-inch cake

    Codes: No lots - all product in distribution

    Quantity: 159 cakes

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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 29, 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.