Recent cookie and cake recalls from Safeway, Jewel, 7-Eleven, Chick-fil-A, Cinnabon, Bakery Express and other retail outlets are linked to flour containing low levels of undeclared peanut and supplied to CSM Bakery Solutions in Tucker, GA.
The flour was used in products CSM distributed to its customers in packaging that did not reveal the presence of peanut, according to the company. Consuming peanuts can cause serious and possibly life-threatening reactions in those who are allergic or have a severe sensitivity to the legume.
Post-production testing by CSM revealed there were traces of peanut in the flour, said Dennis Murphy, the company’s vice president of communications.
“We were getting a hit we shouldn’t have been getting,” he said Monday. “Our first concern was that we were introducing anything. Our analysis showed that no, we were not.”
Murphy said CSM was not disclosing the name of the flour manufacturer, and an April 22 company recall announcement only noted that the presence of peanut was “a result of incidental contact.” He added that CSM has arranged for another flour source and is taking additional steps to deal with the situation.
“You want to make sure you get all the product back or verify that it’s been destroyed. Second is to secure another supplier of flour, which we’ve already done. Then third, to make things right with our customers,” Murphy said. “I would say that, for the most part, this is behind us, but you don’t want to say it’s finished until you know that it is.”
As of Monday there were at least eight related recalls posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Those recalls were:
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