Massive Ritz Cracker Recall Across U.S
Over the weekend, Mondelez Global, the parent company that makes Ritz crackers, announced it had issued a voluntary recall of certain Ritz cracker sandwiches and Ritz Bits products. Whey powder used in the items had been recalled by a supplier due to a possible salmonella contamination.
The recall affects Ritz Bits Cheese, Ritz Cheese Cracker Sandwiches, Ritz Bacon Cracker Sandwiches with Cheese, Ritz Whole Wheat Cracker Sandwiches with White Cheddar Cheese, Ritz Everything Cracker Sandwiches with Cream Cheese, and Mixed Cookie variety. The products have expiration dates of January 14, 2019 to April 13, 2019. You can see a full list of the recalled items here.
RITZ BITS CHEESE
BIG BAG
3 OZ
0 44000 00677 8
07 MAR 19
thru
13 APR 19
RITZ BITS CHEESE
1 OZ
0 44000 02025 5
07 MAR 19
thru
13 APR 19“RITZ BITS CHEESE
12 PACK CARTON
0 44000 02032 3
08 MAR 19
thru
13 APR 19
RITZ BITS CHEESE
30 PACK CARTON
0 44000 01309 7
03 MAR 19
thru
13 APR 19
RITZ BITS CHEESE
1.5 OZ
0 44000 00929 8
03 MAR 19
thru
13 APR 19
RITZ BITZ CHEESE
3 OZ GO PACKS
0 44000 03215 9
07 MAR 19
thru
12 APR 19
10.8OZ RITZ CHEESE CRACKER SANDWICHES 0 44000 88211 2
14 JAN 19
thru
11 FEB 19
1.35 OZ RITZ CHEESE CRACKER SANDWICHES 0 44000 00211 4
14 JAN 19
thru
11 FEB 19
10.8 OZ RITZ BACON CRACKER SANDWICHES
WITH CHEESE 0 44000 04566 1
05 FEB 19
06 FEB 19
1.35 OZ RITZ BACON CRACKER SANDWICHES
WITH CHEESE 0 44000 04567 8
05 FEB 19
06 FEB 19“10.8 OZ RITZ WHOLE WHEAT CRACKER
SANDWICHES WITH WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE
0 44000 04577 7
04 FEB 19
05 FEB 19
1.35 OZ RITZ WHOLE WHEAT CRACKER
SANDWICHES WITH WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE 0 44000 04578 4
04 FEB 19
05 FEB 19
10.8 OZ RITZ EVERYTHING CRACKER
SANDWICHES WITH CREAM CHEESE 0 44000 04579 1
06 FEB 19
07 FEB 19
08 FEB 19
1.35 OZ RITZ EVERYTHING CRACKER
SANDWICHES WITH CREAM CHEESE 0 44000 04580 7
06 FEB 19
07 FEB 19
08 FEB 19
MIXED COOKIE CRACKER VARIETY
20 PACK
0 44000 04100 7
01 FEB 19
thru
04 FEB 19
MIXED COOKIE CRACKER VARIETY
40 PACK
0 44000 04221 0
31 JAN 19
thru
05 FEB 19
So far, there have been no reported illnesses associated with consuming the Ritz products.
Symptoms of salmonella food poisoning include diarrhea, fever, and abdominal cramps. Typically, healthy adults can recover in less than a week, but the infection can be fatal for young children, older people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Salmonella is responsible for some of the most widespread food-poisoning outbreaks in the United States in recent history. In 1985, more than 6,000 people were sickened and nine people died in a…… salmonella outbreak tied to tainted milk. And an outbreak in 2009 linked to a peanut factory sickened more than 500 people, eight of whom died.
Food-poisoning outbreaks have been making headlines more frequently than usual in 2018. Earlier this month, McDonald’s announced plans to remove salads from 3,000 locations after health officials pointed to the menu items as the possible source of a parasitic illness outbreak that has sickened 163 people across 10 states. Also this month, the CDC posted an alert warning customers not to eat any Kellogg’s Honey Smacks and asking all retailers to stop selling the recalled cereal.
