How many food recalls are for undeclared allergens each year?
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.
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Key facts
Measure: Food recalls for undeclared allergens. Written from the data below.
- The latest figure, for 2025, is 190.
- That is up 23% from 154 in 2013.
- The highest was 282 in 2017.
- The lowest was 143 in 2019.
The newest undeclared allergen recalls
Newest first, as of November 4, 2026. The source's own words are in quotes.
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Class I (most serious)
“Products are recalled due to potential undeclared wheat gluten”
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Class I (most serious)
Oliva on Main (Bethlehem, CT): Riad's Oliva to Go Hummus (3 products)
“contains undeclared sesame”
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Class I (most serious)
El Ruisenor De Mexico, Inc. (Vernon, CA): 4X6 Wheat Snack (61 products)
“undeclared allergen ingredient (Wheat)”
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Class II
EVEXIAS HEALTH SOLUTION (Southlake, TX): Evexias Health Solutions Amino Ultra
“The product is mislabeled and fails to declare fish oil.”
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Class II
Trader Joe's Company (Monrovia, CA): Trader Joe's Crispy Rice Milk Chocolate Bar
“Undeclared wheat. Product outer label incorrect; contains wrong allergen ingredients.”
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Class I (most serious)
DEANO'S PASTA (Somerville, MA): Deano's Pasta
“Undeclared Lobster”
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Class II
Saratoga Potato Chips LLC (Fort Wayne, IN): J
“Undeclared soy.”
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Class I (most serious)
“Undeclared Milk.”
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Class II
“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.”
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Class II
“Soy was not declared in the Contains statement.”
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Class II
QUESO PALMITA GP LLC (Stafford, TX): QUESO PALMITA
“Undeclared milk, cheese declared”
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Class II
Saint Francis Apizza LLC (Cincinnati, OH): Saint Francis Apizza Frozen Pepperoni Pizza (4 products)
“Undeclared soy allergen: soybean oil and soy lecithin”
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Class II
“Undeclared shellfish (crab shell): source of ingredient Glucosamine sulfate”
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Class II
TOJI CO. (Glendale, CA): Cloud Cafe branded Collagen Milk
“Undeclared allergen ingredient (fish)”
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Class I (most serious)
“Undeclared Egg Allergen”
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Class II
Best Friends Bakery, LLC (Connelly Springs, NC): PUMPKIN SPICE NO BAKE COOKIE NET WT 3.5 oz
“Peanuts & 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.”
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Class II
Quality Dairy Farms Inc. (Boonville, NY): Mercer's brand 6 ICE CREAM SANDWICHES TO GO
“Undeclared peanuts”
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Class I (most serious)
“Undeclared Wheat.”
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Class II
Ferrero USA (North Canton, OH): Fannie May & XO Marshmallow Pixie S'mores Collection
“Undeclared milk and pecans”
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Class II
L-Nutra Inc (Los Angeles, CA): Prolon Everyday Apulian Almond & Cocoa Spread
“Undeclared allergen (tree nuts): hazelnut, cashew, and pistachio.”
The bigger picture, in plain words: Are food recalls going up?
What was recalled lately? See every food recall in November 2026, or any month since 2020, in plain words.
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| Year FDA classified the recall | Food recalls for undeclared allergens |
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| 2013 | 154 |
| 2014 | 189 |
| 2015 | 223 |
| 2016 | 248 |
| 2017 | 282 |
| 2018 | 221 |
| 2019 | 143 |
| 2020 | 154 |
| 2021 | 172 |
| 2022 | 163 |
| 2023 | 203 |
| 2024 | 160 |
| 2025 | 190 |
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