Kettle Brand Potato Chips, New York Cheddar
Food recall F-1787-2012. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 1, 2012.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 1, 2012. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Not named no state, in where it went
- 805 cs + 468 cs + 144 cs + 169 cs + 84 cs + 2800 bags + 960 bags = 1670 cs + 3760 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 II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Metal fragments in raw material (lactic acid) of flavorings, recalled by manufacturing firm, were used in the product.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Kettle Brand Potato Chips, New York Cheddar; 1) 24/1.5oz, item # 0712278000, UPC 0 8114 11271 2; 2) 24/2 oz item # 0703320000 UPC 0 84114 03320 8; 3) 15/5 oz item # 0710863000, UPC 0 84114 0094 1; 4) 12/8.5 oz item #’s 0710813001 and 0710813500 (different numbers for different geographical locations of distribution), UPC 0 84114 10813 5; 5) Canadian item 12/220 g item # 0711920000, UPC 0 84114 11907 0; 6) 100/5 oz as part of a display, item # 0703450000; 7) Shipper containing 48/8.5 oz, item # 0711651001.
805 cs + 468 cs + 144 cs + 169 cs + 84 cs + 2800 bags + 960 bags = 1670 cs + 3760 bags, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Best Before 15Nov12 for all plus 1Nov12 for 15/5 oz; Line 2 of package code and case code: 1) 0914438; 2) 0914218, 0914328, and 0914438; 3) 0914544, plus 0914322A and 0914322B for package and 0914322 for case; 4 and 5) 0914212A and 0914212B for package and 0914212 for case; 6) 0914322A no case code. 7) no bag or case code
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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UPC
08114112712 -
UPC
084114033208 -
UPC
08411400941 -
UPC
084114108135 -
UPC
084114119070
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
36 customers Worldwide
These words name no state.
The words say it went outside the United States too.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Jun 7, 2012.
- FDA classified it on Jul 23, 2012.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 1, 2012.
- FDA terminated it on Aug 15, 2012.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Kettle Foods, Inc., of Salem, OR.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
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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