Family Gourmet, Sugar Wafers, Vanilla, Net Wt 8 OZ (227 g), Distributed By: Family Dollar Services, Inc. Charl

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Family Gourmet, Sugar Wafers, Vanilla, Net Wt 8 OZ (227 g), Distributed By: Family Dollar Services, Inc. Charlotte, NC 28201 USA Product of Canada Shearer's Snacks · reported 2016-09-28

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: Sugar wafer cookies contain an ingredient that was recalled by the ingredient manufacturer due to the presence of extraneous foreign matter in the refined granulated sugar (ingredient in the finished product).
Classification: Class III
Recall initiated: 2016-02-01
Reported by the agency: 2016-09-28
Closed out (terminated): 2017-12-05
Recalling firm: Shearer's Snacks
Burlington, IA
United States
This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
Distribution (the agency's own words): Distributed to customer distribution centers in FL, IA, IL, IN, KY, NC, NY, OK, TX, and VA.
States we parsed from that text: FL IA IL IN KY NC NY OK TX VA
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: uncategorised
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-2345-2016

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