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Whole Foods Market Northeast Regional Office Recall: Back label of Lobster Bisque product was mislabeled as Butternut Squash Soup (which contains fewer allergens [only milk] than the Lobster Bisque [milk, shellfish, wheat])

United States

TerminatedClass II

Company
Whole Foods Market Northeast Regional Office
Product
Whole Foods Markets Lobster Bisque Distributed by: Whole Foo…
Recall date
December 27, 2016
Terminated
February 6, 2019
Source
FDA

Reason for recall

Back label of Lobster Bisque product was mislabeled as Butternut Squash Soup (which contains fewer allergens [only milk] than the Lobster Bisque [milk, shellfish, wheat])

  1. - Recall initiated
  2. - Reported by source
  3. - Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description UPC Quantity Lot / code information
Whole Foods Markets Lobster Bisque Distributed by: Whole Foods Market, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07652 UPC: 8-80632-00100 8-80632-00100 408 units Lot 16354

Distribution

  • CT
  • NJ and NY

Official source record

Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-1425-2017
Event ID
76126
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Company
Whole Foods Market Northeast Regional Office
Product description
Whole Foods Markets Lobster Bisque Distributed by: Whole Foods Market, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07652 UPC: 8-80632-00100
Quantity
408 units
Reason
Back label of Lobster Bisque product was mislabeled as Butternut Squash Soup (which contains fewer allergens [only milk] than the Lobster Bisque [milk, shellfish, wheat])
Recall initiation date
December 27, 2016
Report date
February 8, 2017
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
February 6, 2019
Distribution pattern
CT, NJ and NY
UPC, lot, and code information
UPC 8-80632-00100; Lot 16354
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
E-Mail
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
Public Health Trace retrieval date

Responsible company: Whole Foods Market Northeast Regional Office

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State Distributed
Connecticut 1
New Jersey 1
New York 1

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