Food recalls
Food recalls in April 2022
The FDA listed 33 food recalls in its April 2022 Enforcement Reports, 20 fewer than in March 2022 (53) and 7 fewer than in April 2021 (40). 14 were Class I, the most serious kind. The most common reason was allergen not on the label (11).
Food recalls
33
Reports through April 27, 2022
Class I, the most serious
14
Could cause serious harm or death
March 2022
53
40 in April 2021
Every food recall in April 2022
Newest first, by the date of the weekly FDA Enforcement Report that first listed it. FDA's own words are in quotes.
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Class I (most serious)
Farm Fresh Produce LLC (Vernon, CA): Super Twa Mushroom Mixed Mushrooms
Listeria. “California Department of Public Health of Public Health sampled product and found it to contain Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class I (most serious)
Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts (Kansas City, KS): Carol's Cuts Fruit Tray Ingredients may include Honeydew, cantaloupe, pineapple & red grapes (4 products)
Salmonella. “Fresh-cut cantaloupe positive for Salmonella.”
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Class I (most serious)
Vanlaw Food Products, Inc (Fullerton, CA): WFM 365 Organic Creamy Caesar
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared allergens, wheat and soy.”
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Class I (most serious)
WISETRADE CORPORATION (Irvine, CA): Global Fresh Marketing Enoki Mushrooms Champignons d'Enoki Net Wt/Poids 200g/7.05 oz
Listeria. “California Department of Public Health sampled Enoki mushrooms and found contamination with Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class II
Beach Brand Foods llc (Salem, NH): New England Beach Pizza 1
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “May contain pieces of metal”
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Class II
Specialty Desserts Services (Lauderhill, FL): MILLER'S ALE HOUSE, CAPT
Allergen not on the label. “Failure to declare allergens: Milk, Egg, Wheat, Soy, Almonds, and Coconut”
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Class I (most serious)
B&G Foods North America, Inc (Parsippany, NJ): Back to Nature Cheddalicious Cheese Flavored Crackers 6 oz.
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared egg and milk due to mispackaging”
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Class I (most serious)
Giant Eagle, Inc. (Pittsburgh, PA): Giant Eagle, Happy Face Cookie 4 Pack 25051900000 (2 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared milk allergen”
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Class II
Bio-Botanica, Inc. (Hauppauge, NY): NATURE's ANSWER Coral Calcium
Lead or other chemicals. “Product contained cesium chloride, a New Dietary Ingredient”
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Class II
Continental Mills (Corporate Office) (Tukwila, WA): Item # 721-1000, Krusteaz Belgian Waffle Mix (9 products)
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “foreign materials”
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Class II
Ittella International, LLC (Paramount, CA): Tattooed Chef Plant-Based Sausage Breakfast Bowl Frozen 18-month shelf life Box Net wt
Allergen not on the label. “A gluten free claim was inadvertently used on the lid of the container. However, the ingredient statement declares enriched wheat flour as an ingredient and the allergen information statement disclosed the presence of EGGS, WHEAT, MILK, SOY, COCONUT, in bolded text.”
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Class II
Pepsico Inc (Purchase, NY): Lipton Iced Tea Peach
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Immediate package (individual 16.9 FL OZ bottle) is incorrectly labeled as the zero sugar variety, the product inside the bottle is the sugar containing variety”
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Class II
Skippy Foods, LLC. (Little Rock, AR): SKIPPY Creamy Peanut Butter Blended with Plant Protein NET WT 14 (397 g) UPC 037600880954 packaged in clear plastic... (3 products)
“Potential to contain small steel contaminants.”
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Class II
Taylor Farms (Covington, KY): Taylor Farms - Thai Noodle Salad Kit packaged in 108oz plastic bag *Product packages all salad ingredients separate...
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Downstream Recall - Foreign Material (Plexiglass) found in ingredient used.”
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Class II
Wilton Industries Inc (Naperville, IL): Wilton Ready to Build Chocolate Cookie Bunny Hutch Kit
Allergen not on the label. “Milk is missing from the product's allergen Contains statement”
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Class I (most serious)
Fruit Fresh Up, Inc. (Depew, NY): 1 (12 products)
Listeria. “may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes”
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Class I (most serious)
T Fresh Company DBA Yes Produce (City Of Industry, CA): Yes! Enoki Mushrooms
Listeria. “California Department of Public Health sampled product with a result of Listeria monocytogenes”
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Class I (most serious)
Top Quality Produce, Inc (Irwindale, CA): Top Quality Produce Enoki Mushrooms
Listeria. “California Department of Public Health tested Enoki mushrooms and had a positive result for Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class II
Bread Alone, Inc. (Lake Katrine, NY): Bread Alone Fruit & Nut Sourdough
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Product contains undeclared sulfites.”
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Class II
Chattanooga Coca Cola Bottling Company dba United Packers, Inc. (Chattanooga, TN): Powerade Zero - Grape 20oz PET bottles 24 variety pack
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “The product incorrectly contains sugar, which is not declared on the label.”
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Class II
Garden Highway Southwest, LLC (GHSW, LLC) (Houston, TX): Asian Style Noodle Salad Net Wt
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Potential to contain foreign material, plastic.”
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Class II
GH FOODS GA, LLC. (Conley, GA): Asian Style Noodle Salad
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “The firm was notified by their supplier that one of their ingredients may contain clear plastic objects.”
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Class II
Taylor Farms Southwest, Inc (Tolleson, AZ): Thai Noodle Salad Kit 108 oz
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “This recall is a result of a supplier recalling an ingredient supplied to us, Thai Noodle Salad. They identified the potential for it to be contaminated with pieces of clear plexiglass.”
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Class III (least serious)
Sauer Brands Inc - New Century (New Century, KS): Caesar dressing in a 1.5 oz pouch
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergen - Soy”
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Class I (most serious)
Cavendish Farms (Dieppe, Canada): Les Fermes Cavendish Farms Frozen Original Hash Brown Potato Patties Net Wt
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared barley and wheat flour”
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Class I (most serious)
Jan Fruits, Inc. (Vernon, CA): Taiwan Best Quality Enoki Mushrooms
Listeria. “California Department of Public Health sampled product and results showed the presence of Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class I (most serious)
Laura Chenel's Chevre, Inc. (Sonoma, CA): St
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Egg.”
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Class I (most serious)
Lehi Valley Trading Co, Inc (Mesa, AZ): Woody's Smokehouse brand Yogurt Raisins
Allergen not on the label. “Bags and tubs of yogurt covered raisins contained undeclared peanuts.”
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Class I (most serious)
Tova Industries Inc (Louisville, KY): Carbquik Mug Cakes Cinnamon Spice (3 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergen- Milk”
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Class II
Elmer Candy Corp (Ponchatoula, LA): Elmer's Pecan Egg 1oz product wrapped in polypropylene wrapper and packaged into paper cartons packaged as singles
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Foreign Material on product - Pecan Tree bark”
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Class II
Fairmont Foods Inc. (Fairmont, MN): Schwan's Spinach & Artichoke Dip
“Cartons of Spinach Artichoke Dip may contain Chicken & Broccoli.”
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Class II
Suntree Snack Foods, LLC (Phoenix, AZ): Good & Gather Dried Sweetened Strawberries
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Product contains undeclared Sulfites.”
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Class II
Tam's Homemade Biscuits Inc (Southaven, MS): Tam's Homemade Biscuits 8 count packaged in 9 inch round aluminum cake pan 10 pans per case
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Incorrect Labeling: No Allergen Statement and No Ingredient Statement”
Why food was recalled in April 2022
Chartly groups FDA's written reasons by their key words; each recall counts once, under its first matching reason.
| Reason | Recalls |
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| Allergen not on the label | 11 |
| Metal, plastic, glass or other objects | 7 |
| Listeria | 6 |
| Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...) | 3 |
| Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems | 2 |
| Lead or other chemicals | 1 |
| Salmonella | 1 |
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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 April 27, 2022.
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.