Decorated (iced holiday cookies sold from self service cookie displays - cookies in the shape of eggs, bunnies and chicks. The signage by the displays do not declare egg as an ingredient of the cookies. Cookies are received in a 9 lb. bag Correct Ingredients: Unbleached, Unbromated Wheat Flour (Wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Cane Sugar, Palm Fruit Oil, Cage Free Eggs, Vanilla, Water, cream of Tartar, Baking Soda, Corn starch,

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This FDA Food action (record #F-1118-2018) was formally reported on May 2, 2018, with the manufacturer initiating the action on March 25, 2018. It is classified under Critical severity (Class I), with a current status of Terminated. Whole Foods Market is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Emeryville, CA. Federal records indicate 750 cookies (approximately) units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: Some decorated (iced) Easter cookies in the shapes of eggs, bunnies and chicks sold in bulk bins in 9 northern CA Whole Foods locations do not properly declare egg as an ingredient or allergen. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: Bay area CA only. 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 8 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.