The Hershey Company Recall: The Hershey Company has issued a voluntary recall of three products sold under the SoFit brand after a supplier who provides sunflower seeds for the products expanded its recall on June 1. Products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

🇺🇸 United States

1. June 4, 2016 - Recall initiated
2. November 16, 2016 - Reported by source
3. June 7, 2017 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0352-2017

Event ID

74353

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

The Hershey Company

Product description

SOFiT Protein Plus Sunflower Seeds Sea Salt; Seeds covered by a crunchy protein shell: NET WT. 1 OZ.

Quantity

4656 units

Reason

The Hershey Company has issued a voluntary recall of three products sold under the SoFit brand after a supplier who provides sunflower seeds for the products expanded its recall on June 1. Products have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Recall initiation date

June 4, 2016

Report date

November 16, 2016

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

June 7, 2017

Distribution pattern

nationwide

UPC, lot, and code information

Best Before dates, Consumer Unit Code: 10 2016, 72H; 10 2016, 72J; 02 2017, 79P; 03 2017, 82F; 03 2017, 82G; 03 2017, 82K; 03 2017, 82L

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 74353 with 2 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: The Hershey Company

Other recalls from The Hershey Company

Where this information comes from

View FDA enforcement record -- the specific openFDA record this summary was built from.

No separate FDA public notice was found for this enforcement record. The information below comes from FDA's Recall Enterprise System through openFDA.

FDA Enforcement Reports -- FDA's general, official recall and enforcement information.

Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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