RITZ’s maker is asking people to put the famed cracker down.
Mondelez Global LLC, which owns the cracker brand, announced a voluntary recall of four carton sizes of RITZ cracker sandwiches July 8 over a labeling error that could be life-threatening for some.
The recall, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, includes 8-pack, 20-pack and 40-pack cartons of RITZ Peanut Butter Cracker Sandwiches, well as the 20-pack RITZ Filled Cracker Sandwich Variety Pack carton. According to the organization, individually wrapped packs of the cracker sandwiches labeled as the cheese variety may in fact be of the peanut butter variety.
“People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to peanuts may risk serious or life-threatening allergic reactions by consuming this product,” Mondolez Global LLC said in its recall statement released via the FDA. “All outer cartons affected are labeled correctly and provide an allergen advisory statement indicating that the product “contains peanuts.”
