{"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":"2026-10-07","updated_at":"2026-10-23T11:25:10.311Z","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 II","date":"2026-10-07","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","title":"TOJI CO. (Glendale, CA): Cloud Cafe branded Collagen Milk","details":"Undeclared allergen ingredient (fish)"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-30","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","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","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","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","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","title":"L-Nutra Inc (Los Angeles, CA): Prolon Everyday Apulian Almond \u0026 Cocoa Spread","details":"Undeclared allergen (tree nuts): hazelnut, cashew, and pistachio."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-09","title":"Fayus Inc. (Sacramento, CA): OLA-OLA Pounded Yam (Iyan) IYANINSTANT","details":"Undeclared milk."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-09","title":"Marina Del Rey Foods inc. (Laval, Canada): Frankie's Organic Plant-Based Puffs Vegan Cheddar","details":"Product tested positive for undeclared milk."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-09","title":"Savor Seasonings LLC (Batavia, OH): Organic Cheddar Type Seasoning","details":"Product tested positive for undeclared milk allergen."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-09","title":"Prince Bakery Inc (Bronx, NY): Prince PAN DE MANTECA (4 products)","details":"Milk is not declared in the Contains statement."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-02","title":"H \u0026 U Inc. dba Sun Noodle (Honolulu, HI): Sura Tanmen Hot and Sour Flavor Premium Japanese Noodles \u0026 Soup Base","details":"Soba sauce packet, which contains bonito, sardine, and mackerel (fish), was packed into Sura Tanmen Hot and Sour Flavor ramen noodle package kit, but fish species are not declared on finished product label."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-02","title":"Jaime's Foods ATX, LLC (Austin, TX): Jalapeno Ranch","details":"Undeclared Egg Allergen"},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-09-02","title":"KHONG GUAN (HQ) (Union City, CA): BLACK AND WHITE GLUTINOUS RICE BALLS WITH BLACK SESAME FILLING NET WT (2 products)","details":"Undeclared peanuts."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-02","title":"Africando Foods LLC (Iowa City, IA): Clear glass bottle with black screw lid with multi label which reads in part as \"***AFRICANDO FOODS, LLC ALFREDO HOT...","details":"Labeling, wheat not listed as sub ingredient of chicken bouillon (minor ingredient), and soybean oil missing from ingredient list"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-02","title":"Byron White Formulas, Inc. (Santa Rosa, CA): Byron White FORMULAS A-L Complex Herbal Supplement 1.0 fl (3 products)","details":"Label does not declare walnuts in English"},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-09-02","title":"Lidl US TRADING (Arlington, VA): ERIDANOUS GREEK STYLE Shortbread Cookies with Chocolate Truffle Coating \u0026 Apricot Filling (2 products)","details":"The firm discovered that certain units shipped to the U.S. retail stores only has \"foreign languages\" on the label. Product has undeclared wheat, soy, milk, eggs and tree nut (coconut)."},{"tag":"Class II","date":"2026-08-26","title":"Nutrient Foods, LLC (Reno, NV): Protein Cereal Cocoa Crunch","details":"Soy not declared in the contains statement."},{"tag":"Class I (most serious)","date":"2026-08-19","title":"529 COMMERCE, LLC (Parkland, FL): Aquafaba Powder, Vegan Replacement","details":"Undeclared Egg"}]},"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)"}