Basseterre, St. Kitts – The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards has been notified, by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that The Kraft Heinz Company is expanding the voluntary recall of select code dates and manufacturing codes of individually-wrapped American slices due to the possibility that a thin strip of the individual packaging film may remain adhered to the slice after the wrapper has been removed. If the film sticks to the slice and is not removed, it could potentially cause a choking hazard.
Only products with the S54 and S55 codes, which refer to the two production lines on which the impacted product was made, are included in this recall.
Kraft Heinz is taking this action as a result of two new consumer complaints of choking in connection with the packaging issue.
Approximately 335,000 additional cases of the recalled product were shipped by Kraft Heinz to retailers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, Anguilla, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands Grand Cayman, Netherland Antilles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea, St. Lucia, and British Virgin Islands
Consumers who purchased this product should not eat it. They should return it to the store where purchased for an exchange or full refund.
The St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards, in collaboration with the Department of Consumer Affairs and the Ministry of Health, is actively investigating this voluntary recall by The Kraft Heinz Company and will keep the public duly informed.
For further information or to submit queries, please contact:
• St. Kitts and Nevis Bureau of Standards: Mr Hiram Williams or Dr Marcus L Natta – 465-5279
• Department of Consumer Affairs: Mr Paul Queeley or Mr Vincent Fough – 467-1616
• Department of Environmental Health: Mr Alex Riley – 467-1271
• Department of Trade & Consumer Affairs (Nevis): Ms Lorencia Tyson – 469-5067
Additional information available at:
The Kraft Heinz Company Expands Voluntary Recall of Wrapped American Slices
www.kraftheinzcompany.com