Recalls from Frito-Lay and Back to Nature Foods Company

Frito-Lay Issues Voluntary Recall of 1.5 oz. Bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips in North Texas Due to Undeclared Milk

PLANO, Texas — Frito-Lay announced the voluntary recall of 41 cases (2,460 bags) of 1.5-oz. bags of Lay's Classic Potato Chips. This lot is marked as Lay's Classic Potato Chips but may contain Lay's Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored Potato Chips. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious life threatening allergic reaction if they consume the Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored product.

No illnesses have been reported to date.

This product has been distributed only through select vending machines in North Texas.

The only affected packages are 1.5-oz. bags of Lay's Classic Potato Chips that have a freshness date of Feb. 12 located on the upper right hand side of the package and with an 11 digit code number of 12923230985 (time stamp between 06:00 and 08:00), which appears immediately beneath the freshness date.

No other code date, package size or flavor is impacted.

The recall was initiated after it was discovered that Lay's Cheddar & Sour Cream Flavored Potato Chips had been packaged in Lay's Classic Potato Chip packaging that did not list the presence of a possible allergen. Subsequent investigation indicates the problem was caused by a temporary error in one of the company's production lines.

Back to Nature Foods Company Recalls Ginger Rice Thins Crackers

The Back to Nature Sesame Ginger Rice Thins Crackers with a “Best When Used By” date of 22FEB2008 are being recalled because a small number of boxes may contain a milk ingredient, and no milk ingredients are declared on the label. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products.

This product will expire on 22FEB2008. The company has voluntarily issued a nationwide recall to alert any milk-allergic consumers who may have the product at home.

The Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) has also been notified of the recall and communication will be sent to milk-allergic FAAN members.

No other varieties of Back to Nature Rice Thins or any other Back to Nature products are impacted by this recall.

Case/Package Information
Product: Back to Nature Sesame Ginger Rice Thins Crackers
Product Code Date: “Best When Used By” date of 22FEB2008
Package UPC: 59283 10013
Case UPC: 07 59283 10013 00

Case count: Approximately 1150 cases; distributed nationwide in the U.S.

Please hold this product at the warehouse and remove it from retail store shelves. Your sales representative will be contacting the appropriate people within your organization to complete the recall as soon as possible and make arrangements for production disposition.

If you have shipped this product to other locations either within your own system or externally, or used it in in-house deli or other preparations please send this recall notice to them.

For more information on these and other Class I recalls, visit FDA’s recall page here.