“Giant Eagle New Year's Pretzel Recall: Undeclared Walnuts.” GovInfoNow, updated August 18, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/25544-giant-eagle-new-year-s-pretzel-recall-undeclared-walnuts. Based on FDA recall #F-0616-2016 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0616-2016%22&limit=1).
Giant Eagle, Inc. recalled Baked, W/WO Icing Soft Pretzel products due to undeclared walnuts, the FDA said on Jan. 2, 2016. The recall affects approximately 23,000 units distributed in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Giant Eagle
Product: Baked, W/WO Icing Soft Pretzel in rigid plastic labeled as: New Year's Pretzel
Sell By Date: 01/04/2016
PLU: 39739
UPC: 2397980499
The hazard
The product contained undeclared walnuts, posing an allergen risk to consumers with walnut allergies. The FDA classified this as a Class I recall.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Giant Eagle, Inc. has had 29 other recalls on record since Dec. 3, 2014. Recent brand recalls include a Smoked Mozzarella Penne Salad recall due to Listeria risk on Oct. 2, 2025, and a Multigrain Sourdough Bread recall for foreign glass risk on April 12, 2025. Other recent recalls of similar products include Brownie Baker Cafe Nouria Blueberry Muffin Recall: Undeclared Walnuts (April 27, 2026), Fayus OLA-OLA Pounded Groundnuts Recall: Undeclared Peanuts Hazard (June 19, 2026), and Carousel Candies Choceur Holiday Bark Recall: Undeclared Wheat Hazard (Nov. 21, 2025).
How to tell if you have this one
Check for the label 'New Year's Pretzel' with a sell-by date of January 4, 2016. Look for PLU code 39739 or UPC 23979 80499.
Brand
Giant Eagle
Product
Baked, W/WO Icing Soft Pretzel in rigid plastic labeled as: New Year's Pretzel Sell By: 01/04/2016 PLU: 39739 UPC
Category
Food
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Check Label
Look for the label 'New Year's Pretzel' with a sell-by date of January 4, 2016.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in 3 states.
Listed by the agency
Not listed
FDA distribution: “PA, OH, IN” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 4 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class I
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
4FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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Official source: FDA Recall #F-0616-2016 (January 2, 2016) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0616-2016 to see it in context.
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