Food recalls
Food recalls in July 2020
The FDA listed 26 food recalls in its July 2020 Enforcement Reports, 7 more than in June 2020 (19) and 20 fewer than in July 2019 (46). 9 were Class I, the most serious kind. The most common reason was allergen not on the label (12).
Food recalls
26
Reports through July 29, 2020
Class I, the most serious
9
Could cause serious harm or death
June 2020
19
46 in July 2019
Every food recall in July 2020
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 II
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared walnut. Carrot Cake Layered Cheesecake was incorrectly decorated as Red Velvet Layered Cheesecake and was mis-labeled. Finished product label does not declare walnut.”
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Class II
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “complaint of metal fragments”
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Class I (most serious)
Listeria. “Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination.”
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Class II
Allergen not on the label. “The firm was notified by a customer that the product contained undeclared almonds. After further investigation the firm also noticed that the product also contains undeclared walnuts.”
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Class II
Fresh Express Incorporated (Windermere, FL): Little Salad Bar Garden (92 products)
Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...). “Ready to Eat salad products containing iceberg lettuce, red cabbage and/or carrot ingredients are recalled due to a possible health risk from Cyclospora.”
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Class II
Listeria. “Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes”
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Class II
“The product is a dietary supplement with drug claims (COVID-19)”
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Class II
Allergen not on the label. “Product contains undeclared sesame seeds.”
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Class II
Lamb Weston Inc (Boardman, OR): WinCo Foods Tater Bites Shaped, Shredded Potatoes, frozen product
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “The Tater Bites product has the potential to be contaminated with foreign material.”
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Class II
Whole Foods Market (Austin, TX): Whole Foods Market Red Velvet Layered Cheesecake Slice PLU
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared walnuts”
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Class III (least serious)
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Water filled bottles labeled as Similac Pro-Advance.”
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Class I (most serious)
Fresh Express Incorpated (Windermere, FL): Fresh Express Chopped Kit SOUTHWEST TOTAL NET WT
Allergen not on the label. “The firm learned that, during a single production run, incorrect condiment packets were placed into Southwest Chopped Kit bags and, as a result, the allergens wheat, soy, cashews, and coconut are not properly declared.”
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Class II
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “A foreign object found by a consumer in dark chocolate bar.”
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Class I (most serious)
Allergen not on the label. “Product may contain undeclared milk. Chocolate Peanut Butter ice cream may be filled in pint sized Dairy-Free Chocolate Peanut Butter containers that have a lid labeled Chocolate Peanut Butter without the "Dairy-Free" callout.”
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Class I (most serious)
He Butt (San Antonio, TX): Hill Country Fare Citrus Punch Drink 1 GAL CONT (4 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Potential to contain undeclared milk”
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Class I (most serious)
Allergen not on the label. “Potential to contain undeclared peanuts”
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Class I (most serious)
Trident Seafoods Corporation (Seattle, WA): Gordon Choice Imitation Crab Supreme Style
Allergen not on the label. “Product may contain undeclared egg white.”
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Class II
Brill Inc (Tucker, GA): Brill 30 lb
Allergen not on the label. “Products may contain undeclared walnuts.”
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Class II
Coca Cola (Dallas, TX): Coke Zero Sugar 20 oz UPC 049000040869 (4 products)
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Potential that some bottles could contain glass fragments”
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Class II
Dr. Praeger's Sensible Foods Inc. (Elmwood Park, NJ): Simply Nature Sweet Potato Bites
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Product may contain foreign object.”
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Class II
Allergen not on the label. “The firm was notified by a customer that the product contains cashews which are not listed in the ingredient statement.”
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Class II
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared sesame seeds, poppy seeds, and dehydrated garlic.”
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Class I (most serious)
New Hoque & Sons, Inc. (Maspeth, NY): "Radhuni Curry Powder
Salmonella. “Curry powder is contaminated with Salmonella spp. detected by FDA sampling.”
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Class I (most serious)
Salmonella. “The product tested positive for Salmonella enterica.”
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Class I (most serious)
Rong Shing Trading NY Inc (Brooklyn, NY): Xi Zhi Liang Fruit Jelly Cups
“The product presents a significant choking hazard.”
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Class II
Stumptown Coffee Corp (Portland, OR): Stumptown Cold Brew Coffee and Chocolate with Oatmilk
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Packaging failure that caused leakage.”
Why food was recalled in July 2020
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 | 12 |
| Metal, plastic, glass or other objects | 5 |
| Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems | 2 |
| Listeria | 2 |
| Salmonella | 2 |
| Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...) | 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 July 29, 2020.
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.