Recall Announcement (ODA/ODH) 2003-41
September
23, 2003
St.
Louis, MO -- Earthgrains Refrigerated Dough Products, L.P., is voluntarily
recalling 18-ounce packages of refrigerated Great Value Chocolate Chip
Cookies Spoonable Cookie Dough sold at Wal-Mart Supercenters and Neighborhood
Markets nationwide because the chocolate chips contain milk, which is not listed
as an ingredient on the package.
Consumption
of this product by people who have an allergy or sensitivity to milk may result
in a serious or life-threatening allergic reaction. This product only poses a
potential hazard to milk-allergic individuals. The company has not received any
consumer complaints regarding these products.
Packages
marked with any use-before expiration date through Jan. 4, 2004, are being
recalled. The expiration date, applied by inkjet, may be found on the lengthwise
seam of the package. It will be marked with a number for the day, followed by an
abbreviation for the month, followed by the last two digits of the year. For
example, a use-before expiration date of Jan. 4, 2004, would be represented as
04JAN04.
The
affected packages have been removed from store shelves and are no longer
available for purchase, but some packages may remain in consumer refrigerators
or freezers. Consumers may return the cookie dough packages to Wal-Mart
Supercenter or Neighborhood Market stores for a full refund.
Earthgrains
Refrigerated Dough Products, which manufactures the cookie dough for Wal-Mart,
discovered the label discrepancy during a quality-control label review.
Earthgrains is working together with Wal-Mart and the Food and Drug
Administration in undertaking a voluntary recall of this product. The company
has also notified the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network.
The
recall does not apply to the Great Value Chocolate Chip Cookies
Break-Apart Cookie Dough or any other Great Value brand product.
Consumers
who may have questions or concerns should call the Earthgrains Refrigerated
Dough Products toll-free consumer line at (800) 323-7117. The consumer line is
available from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (CDT) Mondays through Fridays. For
after-hours calls, messages may be left, and they will be returned by the end of
the next business day.