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Resources***PUBLC HEALTH ALERT*** FDA Advises Consumers Not to Buy or Serve Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars
Consumers should not buy or serve Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels, Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars due to a potentially fatal choking hazard.
Product
Once Upon A Farm Tractor Wheels, Organic Toddler Soft Baked-Bars, all flavors, quantities, and varieties, including all lot codes and expiration dates.
Risks of Product
The FDA has received several reports that describe toddlers (ages 1.5–2.5 years) suffering complete airway obstruction with the inability to breathe after consuming the product. When chewed, the product reportedly forms a dry, sticky mass that standard choking interventions — including back blows and the Heimlich maneuver — may fail to dislodge. Some reported choking incidents have required emergency response intervention and hospital observation.
Stores affected
This product is sold nationwide online and at stores, including Costco, Target, and Walmart. This product may be sold elsewhere, such as Amazon.com and other third-party vendors. FDA will update this advisory as more information becomes available.
Recommendation:
- Consumers should not buy or serve this product and should immediately throw it away.
- Retailers should not sell this product.
- To report a complaint or adverse event (illness or serious allergic reaction),
visit Industry and Consumer Assistance. - Call 9-1-1 in the event that someone is choking and other first aid measures to dislodge the obstruction have failed.
Current Update
October 30, 2026
The FDA is warning consumers not to buy or serve Once Upon A Farm Tractor Wheels Organic, Toddler Soft-Baked Bars due to a potentially fatal choking hazard. The FDA has received several reports that describe toddlers (ages 1.5–2.5 years) suffering complete airway obstruction with the inability to breathe after consuming the product. When chewed, the product reportedly forms a dry, sticky mass that standard choking interventions — including back blows and the Heimlich maneuver — may fail to dislodge. Some reported choking incidents have required emergency response intervention and hospital observation.
The FDA has informed the firm of reports of adverse events and the firm has agreed to initiate a recall. Consumers should not buy or serve any flavor of the Once Upon A Farm Tractor Wheels, Organic Toddler Soft-BakedBars and should immediately throw it away. This advice applies to all flavors, quantities, and varieties, including all lot codes and expiration dates. FDA will continue to update this advisory as information becomes available.
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Who to Contact
Consumers who have symptoms should contact their health care provider to report their symptoms and receive care.
To report a complaint or adverse event (illnesss or serious allergic reaction), visit Industry and Consumer Assistance.
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* We believe that none of the product being recalled were processed or offered through the national office
* We strongly encourage you to notify your agencies within one business day from receipt of this notice.
* ALL cased and uncased inventories, both at the member level and agency level, need to be checked. This product may have entered member and agency warehouses through salvage, local donations, TEFAP, local purchases, retail pickups, food drives, or other avenues.
* For additional local details, please contact the Health Department(s) for the area(s) your food bank serves.
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About Feeding America Recall Notices
The Feeding America national office issues notifications of all national Class I and II recalls–those involving a health hazard situation in which there is reasonable probability that eating the food will cause health problems or death–and other recalls that may affect the safety of food supplied to network members.
The national office strongly encourages all member product solicitors, operations managers, and others involved in food and grocery distribution to regularly consult resources provided by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html, and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/index.asp. Additionally, members can often receive information on national, state, and local recalls by contacting their local health departments.
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