Airheads Mini Bars 12oz bags of assorted flavors. 12 - 12oz bags are included in cardboard cartons
Food recall F-0676-2017. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 14, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Dec 14, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class III FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word, and 25 states named
- 4,147 cases of 12/12oz bags how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class III, the least serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that are unlikely to cause any adverse health reaction, but that violate FDA labeling or manufacturing laws. Examples include: a minor container defect and lack of English labeling in a retail food.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class III is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(3), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Blood was observed on equipment during packaging.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Airheads Mini Bars 12oz bags of assorted flavors. 12 - 12oz bags are included in cardboard cartons. Assorted flavors include Cherry, Watermelon, Blue Raspberry, and White Mystery.
4,147 cases of 12/12oz bags, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
On the cardboard cases: Lot codes 100061918 and 100063678 - On the retail bags: 61918 Best By 05-02-2018 and 63678 Best By 06-06-2018 - On individually wrapped candy pieces: 61469
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
US Nationwide. The product was distributed to the following states: AL, CA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK PA, SC, TX, VA, VT, WA, and WI.
The states and territories these words name
25 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Alabama
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Missouri
- North Carolina
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Texas
- Virginia
- Vermont
- Washington
- Wisconsin
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Sep 2, 2016.
- FDA classified it on Dec 8, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Dec 14, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Jul 11, 2017.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Perfetti Van Melle USA Inc, of Erlanger, KY.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Letter.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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