{"chart":{"slug":"food-allergen-recalls-per-year","title":"How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year?","takeaway":"The FDA classified 190 food recalls in 2025 for an allergen left off the label, such as milk, peanuts, tree nuts, wheat, soy, eggs, fish, shellfish or sesame; the most since 2013 was 282 in 2017. From 2013 through 2025, undeclared allergens were the most common reason food was recalled. A recall counts once however many products it covers, in the year FDA first listed it in its weekly Enforcement Report. Chartly sorted FDA's written reasons by their key words; a recall for a germ as well counts under the germ. Meat, poultry and most egg products are USDA's to recall and aren't included. The newest allergen recalls, this year's included, are listed below.","topic":"Food and drug safety","chart_type":"bar","ranking":false,"x_label":"Year FDA classified the recall","y_label":"Food recalls for undeclared allergens","unit":null,"points_count":13,"source":{"name":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data)","url":"https://open.fda.gov/apis/food/enforcement/"},"license":{"name":"Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA","url":"https://open.fda.gov/license/"},"data_as_of":"2026-11-04","updated_at":"2026-11-10T17:24:42.846Z","url":"https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year","api_url":"https://chart.ly/api/v1/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year","csv_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year/data.csv","image_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year/image.png","embed_url":"https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year/embed","credit":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year)","credit_html":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data), via \u003ca href=\"https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year\"\u003eChartly\u003c/a\u003e","average_label":null,"zero_axis":true,"data":[{"label":"2013","value":154},{"label":"2014","value":189},{"label":"2015","value":223},{"label":"2016","value":248},{"label":"2017","value":282},{"label":"2018","value":221},{"label":"2019","value":143},{"label":"2020","value":154},{"label":"2021","value":172},{"label":"2022","value":163},{"label":"2023","value":203},{"label":"2024","value":160},{"label":"2025","value":190}],"annotations":[],"latest_heading":"The newest undeclared allergen recalls","latest_items":[{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-11-04","event":"99914","title":"GF Blends Inc (Richland, WA): Gluten Free Truly AIP All Purpose Baking Mix Flour 15.3 oz (3 products)","details":"Products are recalled due to potential undeclared wheat gluten"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-11-04","event":"100088","title":"Oliva on Main (Bethlehem, CT): Riad's Oliva to Go Hummus (3 products)","details":"contains undeclared sesame"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-10-28","event":"99727","title":"El Ruisenor De Mexico, Inc. (Vernon, CA): 4X6 Wheat Snack (61 products)","details":"undeclared allergen ingredient (Wheat)"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-28","event":"99942","title":"EVEXIAS HEALTH SOLUTION (Southlake, TX): Evexias Health Solutions Amino Ultra","details":"The product is mislabeled and fails to declare fish oil."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-28","event":"100052","title":"Trader Joe's Company (Monrovia, CA): Trader Joe's Crispy Rice Milk Chocolate Bar","details":"Undeclared wheat. Product outer label incorrect; contains wrong allergen ingredients."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-10-21","event":"99966","title":"DEANO'S PASTA (Somerville, MA): Deano's Pasta","details":"Undeclared Lobster"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-21","event":"99898","title":"Saratoga Potato Chips LLC (Fort Wayne, IN): J","details":"Undeclared soy."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-10-14","event":"99686","title":"The Better Bakehouse Snack Company (Las Vegas, NV): Donutful Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Cake Donuts - 7.05oz/10ct.Case Configuration 5 count carton","details":"Undeclared Milk."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","event":"99847","title":"FRESHPOINT CENTRAL FLORIDA, INC. (Orlando, FL): Cranberry Chicken Salad Wedge 4.5 oz package in Wedge plastic and clear container with a plastic film sealing the top.","details":"The chicken salad sandwich has an improperly declared allergen (egg). While egg is included in the ingredients list on the package label, it is not included in the allergen Contains statement."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","event":"99823","title":"J K Patisserie \u0026 Bakery LLC (Long Island City, NY): Chocolate Chip Cookies packaged in a cardboard box (3 products)","details":"Soy was not declared in the Contains statement."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","event":"99933","title":"QUESO PALMITA GP LLC (Stafford, TX): QUESO PALMITA","details":"Undeclared milk, cheese declared"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-14","event":"100043","title":"Saint Francis Apizza LLC (Cincinnati, OH): Saint Francis Apizza Frozen Pepperoni Pizza (4 products)","details":"Undeclared soy allergen: soybean oil and soy lecithin"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-07","event":"99897","title":"Pacific Health Sciences Llc (Oxnard, CA): Organiccs Absolutely Pure, Type-1 Hydrolyzed Collagen Peptides, All-Natural Aid for Strengthening Hair, Skin, Nails,...","details":"Undeclared shellfish (crab shell): source of ingredient Glucosamine sulfate"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-10-07","event":"99929","title":"TOJI CO. (Glendale, CA): Cloud Cafe branded Collagen Milk","details":"Undeclared allergen ingredient (fish)"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-30","event":"99874","title":"WFM Purchasing, LP (Austin, TX): Fromagerie Coop de Mean Cabricharme and Belgium Cabricharme Shelf life","details":"Undeclared Egg Allergen"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-23","event":"99803","title":"Best Friends Bakery, LLC (Connelly Springs, NC): PUMPKIN SPICE NO BAKE COOKIE NET WT 3.5 oz","details":"Peanuts \u0026 Eggs. The firm list peanuts in the ingredient statement but omitted them from the contain statement. They also have eggs listed in the contain statement but there are no eggs in the product."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-23","event":"99755","title":"Quality Dairy Farms Inc. (Boonville, NY): Mercer's brand 6 ICE CREAM SANDWICHES TO GO","details":"Undeclared peanuts"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-16","event":"99636","title":"EXOTIQUE FOODS CANADA (Etobicoke, Canada): Momchipz Gluten Free Veggie Chips Broccoli Florets \u0026 Cauliflower","details":"Undeclared Wheat."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-16","event":"99682","title":"Ferrero USA (North Canton, OH): Fannie May \u0026 XO Marshmallow Pixie S'mores Collection","details":"Undeclared milk and pecans"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-16","event":"99675","title":"L-Nutra Inc (Los Angeles, CA): Prolon Everyday Apulian Almond \u0026 Cocoa Spread","details":"Undeclared allergen (tree nuts): hazelnut, cashew, and pistachio."}]},"docs":"https://chart.ly/developers","terms":"Free to use with credit: wherever you show or quote a chart's data, name Chartly with a link to that chart's url (each chart's credit line does both) and credit its source as its license asks.","credit":"U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data), via Chartly (https://chart.ly/charts/food-allergen-recalls-per-year)"}