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Food Allergen Compliance Costs and (Recovery) Loss on Inferior Ingredients | 12 Months Ended
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Product Recall And Recovery Loss On Inferior Ingredients [Abstract] |
Food Allergen Compliance Costs and (Recovery) Loss on Inferior Ingredients | Note 4. Food Allergen Compliance Costs and (Recovery) Loss on Inferior Ingredients Food Allergen Compliance Costs In the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2022, the company recognized $2.0 million of compliance costs associated with the Food, Allergy Safety, Treatment, Education, and Research Act (the FASTER Act) signed into law on April 23, 2021 and effective on January 1, 2023. The FASTER Act declared sesame as the ninth major food allergen recognized by the U.S. and requires, among other things, all food products containing sesame (or products produced on the same equipment as products containing sesame) to list it in the ingredients statement or in a separate allergen statement on the packaging. The costs were mostly attributable to write-offs of obsolete packaging not in compliance with the new requirements and are recorded in our Consolidated Statements of Income. (Recovery) Loss on Inferior Ingredients During Fiscal 2021, the company issued a voluntary recall on certain Tastykake multi-pack cupcakes sold in eight states and certain Tastykake Krimpets distributed to retail customers throughout the U.S. due to the potential presence of tiny fragments of metal mesh wire. The recall was initiated following notification by a vendor of the possible contamination in a supplied ingredient. We incurred costs of $1.8 million related to the recall in Fiscal 2021 and received a full reimbursement for the loss in the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2022. During Fiscal 2020, the company received ingredient shipments containing gluten which were used to produce our gluten-free products. The company issued a voluntary product recall due to the potential presence of gluten in certain products. The products recalled were distributed to retail customers in 14 states. The recall was initiated after finished product testing revealed the possible presence of gluten. The cause was gluten present in ingredients from a supplier that should not have contained gluten. We incurred costs of $1.3 million related to the recall of gluten-free products and an adjustment to previously recorded inferior yeast costs discussed below. During Fiscal 2021, the company incurred costs of $0.1 million and received reimbursements of approximately $1.0 million for these previously incurred costs. In June 2018, the company received from a supplier several shipments of inferior yeast, which reduced product quality and disrupted production and distribution of foodservice and retail bread and buns at several of the company’s bakeries during the second quarter. While the supplier confirmed that the inferior yeast used in the baking process was safe for consumption, customers and consumers reported instances of unsatisfactory product attributes, primarily involving smell and taste. During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2020, the company received a $1.2 million reimbursement from the supplier for the direct costs associated with the inferior yeast. We also received a reimbursement of $3.9 million for indirect losses associated with the inferior yeast, and this amount is included in the selling, distribution, and administrative expenses line item of the Consolidated Statements of Income. Unless otherwise noted, the costs and reimbursements related to these inferior ingredients are included in the ‘FASTER Act and loss on inferior ingredients’ line item in our Consolidated Statements of Income. The table below presents the total costs associated with the FASTER Act and cost and recoveries on inferior ingredients during Fiscal 2022, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands):
|  | Fiscal 2022 |  |  | Fiscal 2021 |  |  | Fiscal 2020 |
FASTER Act expense recognized |  | $ | 2,008 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Expense recognized on inferior ingredients |  |  | — |  |  |  | 1,894 |  |  |  | 1,257 |
Recoveries recognized on inferior ingredients |  |  | (1,772 | ) |  |  | (950 | ) |  |  | (1,150 | )
FASTER Act and loss on inferior ingredients |  | $ | 236 |  |  | $ | 944 |  |  | $ | 107 |

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