Food Enforcement F-0936-2013

General Mills is recalling a limited quantity of Betty Crocker SuperMoist Golden Vanilla cake because of a labeling issue. Some product was packaged incorrectly, and contains undeclared FDandC color ingredient not listed on the box's ingredient label. The undeclared colors are: Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40 and Blue 1.

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class II

Report Date

February 6, 2013

Recall Initiation

December 10, 2012

Product Information

Product description
Betty Croker, Super Moist Cake Mix, Golden Vanilla, NET WT 15.25 oz (432 g), UPC 0 16000 40993 4, Dist by General Mills Sales, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55440. Case UPC code 1600040993000
Product quantity
6223 cases (12 consumer packages / case)
Product type
Food
Reason for recall
General Mills is recalling a limited quantity of Betty Crocker SuperMoist Golden Vanilla cake because of a labeling issue. Some product was packaged incorrectly, and contains undeclared FDandC color ingredient not listed on the box's ingredient label. The undeclared colors are: Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Red 40 and Blue 1.
Initial firm notification
Letter
Distribution pattern
AZ, CA, HI, ID, MT, OR, UT, WA GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, MEXICO, SINGAPORE, PAPUA NW GUINEA.

Location & Firm

Recalling firm
General Mills, Inc
Address
1 General Mills Blvd

United States
Voluntary / Mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated

Codes & Dates

Recall number
F-0936-2013
Event ID
63865
Recall initiation date
December 10, 2012
Center classification date
January 25, 2013
Code info
Consumer package code: Better Used By 14SEP2013 Case code: 14SEP3LD
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