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Whole Foods Market Salted Caramel Swirl Brownie — Class II food recall F-0722-2016

Terminated recall by Whole Foods Market, reported 2016-03-16, distributed in CA. Metal shavings were found around the perimeter of brownies purchased by customer.

Recall numberF-0722-2016
Product typeFood
ClassificationClass II
StatusTerminated
Voluntary or mandatedVoluntary
Recalling firmWhole Foods Market, Emeryville, CA, United States
Recall initiated2015-12-03
Classified2016-03-04
Reported by FDA2016-03-16
Terminated2016-03-11
DistributedCA
Reason classesforeign material

Product

Whole Foods Market Salted Caramel Swirl Brownie; Sold in 4-pack (15 oz.) Ingredients: cane sugar, cage free eggs, expeller pressed canola oil, unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley, flour, niacin, iron, folic acid) cocoa powder (processed with alkali), semisweet chocolate (unsweetened c chocolate, sugar, anhydrous dextrose, soy lecithin, vanilla) butter (milk, salt), pure vanilla, salt, caramel (non GMO corn syrup, S,C, whole milk (milk, skim milk, sugar) evaporated milk (milk, dipotassium phosphate carrageenan, Vitamin D3) sugar, water, palm oil, cream monodiglycerides, salt, soy lecithin, disodium phosphate, natural flavors, salt. Contains eggs, milk, soy, wheat. Whole Foods, Emeryville, CA. UPC - 4-pack: 0024375100000; 0024829300000.

Reason for recall

Metal shavings were found around the perimeter of brownies purchased by customer.

Machine access

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