Food recall

Flowers Foods (Corporate Offices) recall: Tastykake Buttercreme Iced Creme Filled Chocolate Cupcakes 14.25oz (6-2ct) box UPC 0 25600 00230 8 & 2.375oz package

Flowers Foods (Corporate Offices), of Thomasville, GA, recalled Tastykake Buttercreme Iced Creme Filled Chocolate Cupcakes 14.25oz (6-2ct) box UPC 0 25600 00230 8 & 2.375oz package and 5 other products. The FDA's reason: “The firm was notified by an ingredient supplier of the potential small metal fragments in one of the ingredients.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 31, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 8, 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed December 12, 2022

The recall

Company
Flowers Foods (Corporate Offices) (Thomasville, GA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The firm was notified by an ingredient supplier of the potential small metal fragments in one of the ingredients.”
Where it was sold
Products was distributed to the following states: AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, NC, NE, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV & WY.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
88980

The 6 products recalled

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

  • F-0233-2022 Class II

    Tastykake Buttercreme Iced Creme Filled Chocolate Cupcakes 14.25oz (6-2ct) box UPC 0 25600 00230 8 & 2.375oz package, UPC 0 25600 00004 5

    Codes: Box - Enjoy By Date DEC 14 Package - Enjoy By Date DEC 18

    Quantity: 10,009cs/14.25oz boxes

  • F-0234-2022 Class II

    Tastykake Chocolate Cupcakes 12.75oz, UPC 0 25600 00219 3

    Codes: Enjoy By Date DEC 14, DEC 18 & DEC 21

    Quantity: 4,626cs/12.75oz boxes

  • F-0235-2022 Class II

    Tastykake Chocolate Creme Filled Cupcakes 14.25oz, UPC 0 25600 00223 0

    Codes: Enjoy By Date DEC 14 & DEC 18

    Quantity: 3,310cs/14.25oz boxes

  • F-0236-2022 Class II

    Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets 24oz (12-2ct) UPC 0 25600 00396 1; 12oz (6-2ct) UPC 0 25600 00227 8 ; 3oz UPC 0 25600 00002 1 & 2oz, UPC 0 25600 00083 0

    Codes: 24oz - 12oz - NOV. 24 & DEC 01 3oz - NOV. 27, DEC. 01 & DEC. 08 2oz - DEC. 01

    Quantity: 2,471cs/24oz boxes; 10,309cs/12oz boxes & 3,920cs/30 pckgs

  • F-0237-2022 Class II

    Tastykake Creme Filled Krimpets 14.25oz (6-2ct) UPC 0 25600 00355 8; 3.625oz (3ct) UPC 0 25600 08637 7

    Codes: 14.25oz - NOV. 20, NOV. 24 & NOV. 27 3.25oz - DEC. 08

    Quantity: 2,264cs/14.25oz boxes & 4,626cs/12.75oz boxes

  • F-0238-2022 Class II

    Tastykake Jelly Krimpets 12oz (6-2ct) UPC 0 25600 00228 5 & 3oz (3ct) UPC 0 25600 00025 0

    Codes: 12oz - NOV. 22, NOV. 25 & NOV. 29 3.25oz - NOV. 25

    Quantity: 2,583cs/12oz boxes & 459cs/3oz pkgs

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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 December 8, 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.