Kozy Shack Announces Recall of Pudding Cups that May Contain Undeclared Allergen

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Kozy Shack Enterprises is recalling one lot of Kozy Shack Indulgent Recipe Pudding cups labeled Salted Caramel because the package may contain Vanilla Bean Pudding cups, which contain egg, an allergen.

The ingredient statement on the Salted Caramel package does not include egg in the list. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to eggs run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume the vanilla pudding with egg, the FDA explains.

The recalled pudding is sold as four individual cups in a cardboard sleeve wrapped around the four cups. The sleeve will be labeled as Kozy Shack Indulgent Recipe Salted Caramel Pudding. The four cups in the package could contain Kozy Shack Indulgent Recipe Vanilla Bean Pudding.

The recalled product was sold in retail stores in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Nevada, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Utah, Virginia and Washington. The pudding was sold at Albertsons; Bashas/Western Produce; Bozzutos, Inc.; C&S Tops WNY WHS Lancaster; C&S Wholesale Grocers, Inc.; C&S AWI; C&S AWI Robesonia; C&S S&S Freetown; Delhaize America Distribution; Delhaize America Schodack-Dairy; General Dairy Deli, Inc.; Greensboro Perishable Facility; Harris Teeter, Inc.; Ingles Markets, Inc.; Kroger FRYS; Kroger Smith, Ralph’s Grocery Co., Demoulas Markets, Meijer, Inc., Merchants Distributors, Inc., Raleys Distribution Center; SaveMart Supermarkets; Safeway NASC, Save Mart Supermarkets, Sherwood Food Distributors, Slater Bros, Spartan Nash; Supervalu, Inc., Target; Wakefern Food Corp, Wal-Mart; Wegman’s Food Markets, Inc., Weis Markets, and Winco Holdings, Inc.

The affected product is wrapped in a Salted Caramel cardboard sleeve cardboard sleeve with the UPC code 73491.09240, and Use By date of 11/30/2015. Consumers can also look for the UPC code on the cardboard sleeve to see if they have purchased the recalled pudding. If consumers have removed the pudding cups from the cardboard sleeve, they can look for the lot number on the individual pudding cups. The individual pudding cups have the lot number 31908940. Images of the pudding cups and the packaging can be seen on the FDA web site.

According to the FDA, no illnesses have been reported by people who have consumed the affected pudding.

Consumers who have purchased the affected pudding cups can return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Kozy Shack will work with stores to retrieve the product, according to the FDA.

For questions, consumers can call Kozy Shack Customer Service at 877-585-2365 on Monday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CST and Tuesday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. CST.

from Parker Waichman http://www.yourlawyer.com/blog/kozy-shack-announces-recall-of-pudding-cups-that-may-contain-undeclared-allergen/