If you often enjoy a little sweet treat after dinner in the form of a sugar cookie, be sure to look at the packaging of your baked good carefully before you indulge in your sugary snack as a popular frosted sugar cookie that is sold at Target has been recalled in twenty states. The recall has been initiated due to the presence of a “foreign material” according to the Food and Drug Administration.
Here is everything you need to know about the recent frosted sugar cookie recall as initiated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Target sugar cookies recalled due to presence of “foreign material”
Citing a potential presence of wood pieces, the Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall on a popular frosted sugar cookie sold at Target stores across the country. On July 22nd, a recall had been issued for Favorite Day Bakery Frosted Sugar Cookies which are sold in packs of ten. The recall was voluntarily issued by the manufacturer of the frosted sugar cookies, Give and Go Prepared Food Corps in Canada.
The Food and Drug Administration shared that the recall had been initiated because the sugar cookies could possibly contain pieces of wood. More than 800 cases of the sugar cookies have been impacted by this recall, which amounts to over 12,000 individual cookies.
The Food and Drug Administration has classified this recall as a Class II recall. There are a total of three classes in which a recall can be categorized, with Class I being of the highest risk, and Class III being of the lowest risk. As such, according to the Food and Drug Administration, exposure to a product classified as Class II is described a “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
Identifying the recalled sugar cookies
The 803 recalled cases of the Favorite Day Bakery Frosted Sugar Cookies have the Lot number 251915. If you have purchased this brand of sugar cookies recently, you may identify whether or not it is part of the recall by this Lot number. Best by dates on the recalled product may vary from store to store and as such it is not an accurate identifying detail. “Best By Date can vary as they are applied by retailer when removed from freezer,” according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The cases of cookies were first sent out to three distribution centers in Connecticut, Maryland, and Ohio. From these distribution centers, the recalled sugar cookies were then distributed to retail stores in twenty-one states, according to the Food and Drug Administration.
The Favorite Day Bakery Frosted Sugar Cookies that have been recalled were sold in the following states: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Connecticut, Washington, D.C., Delaware, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Missouri, North Carolina, North Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia and Vermont.
At present, there have been no reported illnesses due to consuming the recalled frosted sugar cookies. Target stores have shared that the product has since been removed from shelves. However, if a consumer has recently purchased Favorite Day Bakery Frosted Sugar Cookies from their local Target, they should check the Lot number of their item so as to ensure it is not a part of this recall. Furthermore, if your item does happen to be a part of the recall, you may return it to your nearest Target and a refund will be issued to you.
The retailer Target has stated that, “it had removed all impacted Favorite Day Bakery Frosted Sugar Cookies from stores and online. Guests who had previously purchased the products can call Target Guest Relations at 1-800-440-0680 for a full refund,” as per a statement sent to NBC Chicago from the big box retailer.