Pain Au Levain Bread, San Francisco Street Bakery brand, keep at ambient temperature. Individually packaged in flex poly bag, net weight 16 oz (454 g). UPC 0 08613 10013 1. The product label is read in parts: "***Pain Au Levain Bread ***Ingredients: unbleached wheat flour, water, sourdough culture, sea salt ***San Francisco Street BAKERY, Olympia, WA ***".

Recall Insight

This FDA Food action (record #F-1332-2020) was formally reported on August 19, 2020, with the manufacturer initiating the action on July 23, 2020. It is classified under Moderate severity (Class II), with a current status of Terminated. San Francisco Street Bakery Inc. is listed as the recalling firm, operating out of Olympia, WA. Federal records indicate 62 loaves units are affected.

The documented reason for this recall is: The firm used pan release spray, which contains soy lecithin, on equipment and finished products labels do not declare soy lecithin. Distribution data in the federal record shows the product reached: distributed in WA 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 6 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.