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Whole Foods Market
FDA recall F-0718-2016 · Class II · reported 2016-03-16 · Terminated
- Product
- Whole Foods Market Peanut Butter & Yah Brownie; Sold as Single- 3. oz and 4 pack 15 oz;. Ingredients: 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) semi-sweet chocolate (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, anhydrous dextrose, soy lecithin, vanilla), butter (milk, salt) pure vanilla, peanut butter (peanuts, salt). Contains wheat, eggs, milk, soy, peanuts. Whole Foods, Emeryville, CA. UPC - single: 0023426200000; UPC - 4-pack: 0024374000000;
- Reason
- Metal shavings were found around the perimeter of brownies purchased by customer.
- Quantity
- 10 single, 129 4-packs
- Distribution
- One retail location in CA
- Firm location
- CA, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Other
- Recall started
- 2015-12-03
- Terminated
- 2016-03-11
- Code info
- Best by date of before 12/7/15.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.