M&M Cookies

Butter Creek Farms, INC. recalled M&M Cookies in a Class I action — the FDA's most serious tier, reserved for products with a reasonable probability of causing serious health consequences or death on Dec 31, 2013.

The FDA listed the reason as an undeclared allergen: "Butter Creek Farms, Inc. is recalling M&M Cookies due to undeclared Wheat, Egg, Milk, and Soy. The firm sold single product or combined this product with other products in gift boxes from the website http://cowchipcookies.com/index.htm." Allergen mislabeling is the leading cause of U.S. food recalls, because a missing declaration can trigger a reaction in someone who reads the label and believes the product is safe.

The product reached multiple states, recorded by the FDA as "sold to internet customers from the website cowchipcookies.com and at two retail stores owned by recalling firm in WA." A multi-state footprint means the same lot can surface in households far from the producer. The recalling firm is based in Kent, WA. The recall covers unknown of product. The FDA has Terminated this recall (first reported Apr 9, 2014), its final lifecycle state, indicating the agency considers the corrective action resolved. The historical record remains useful for tracking a brand's recall pattern over time.