Whole Foods Market Peanut Butter & Yah Brownie; Sold as Single- 3. oz and 4 pack 15 oz;. Ingredients: Ingredients: Cane sugar, cage free eggs, expeller pressed canola oil, unbleached wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley, flour, niacin, iron, folic acid) cocoa powder (processed with Alkali) semi-sweet chocolate (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, anhydrous dextrose, soy lecithin, vanilla), butter (milk, salt) pure vanilla, peanut butter (peanuts, salt). Contains wheat, eggs, milk, soy, peanut

Recall Insight

This FDA Food action (record #F-0718-2016) was formally reported on March 16, 2016, with the manufacturer initiating the action on December 3, 2015. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. Whole Foods Market is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Emeryville, CA. Federal records indicate 10 single, 129 4-packs units are affected, a scale large enough to require multi-state distribution tracking.

The documented reason for this recall is: Metal shavings were found around the perimeter of brownies purchased by customer. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: One retail location in CA. Distribution scope directly affects the consumer exposure window and determines whether a recall remains regional or escalates into a nationwide advisory.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by FDA Food. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 10 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.