Food recall

The Karma Sauce Company LLC recall: HOT ONES brand VERDE, Los Calientes Hot Sauce, BY HEATONIST

The Karma Sauce Company LLC, of Rochester, NY, recalled HOT ONES brand VERDE, Los Calientes Hot Sauce, BY HEATONIST and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Possible foreign object contamination (plastic).” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 14, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 26, 2025. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed March 10, 2026

The recall

Company
The Karma Sauce Company LLC (Rochester, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Possible foreign object contamination (plastic).”
Where it was sold
NC, OH, IN, IL
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
96339

The 2 products recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0644-2025 Class II

    HOT ONES brand VERDE, Los Calientes Hot Sauce, BY HEATONIST; 1 gallon, 5 oz, and 5 gallon sizes; UPC: 8-51444-00803-5

    Codes: 1 gallon size: Best By 02/03/2028; Best By 02/04/2028; Best By 02/07/2028 5 oz size: Best By 02/03/2028; Best By 02/04/2028; Best By 02/05/2028; Best By 02/06/2028; Best By 02/07/2028; Best By 02/11/2028; Best By 02/12/2028; Best By 02/13/2028; Best By 12/18/2027; Best By 12/19/2027 5 gallon size: Best By 02/07/2028

    Quantity: Verde: Total 1-gallon jugs = 24, Total 5 oz bottles = 50,604, Total 5-gallon buckets = 2; Rojo: Total 5 oz bottles = 0, Total 1 gallon jugs = 24

  • F-0645-2025 Class II

    HOT ONES brand ROJO, Los Calientes Hot Sauce, BY HEATONIST; 5 oz size and 1 gallon sizes; UPC: 8-51444-00810-03

    Codes: 5 oz size: Best By 02/10/2028 1 gallon size: Best By 02/07/2028

    Quantity: Verde: Total 1-gallon jugs = 24, Total 5 oz bottles = 50,604, Total 5-gallon buckets = 2; Rojo: Total 5 oz bottles = 0, Total 1 gallon jugs = 24

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of March 26, 2025.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.