Food recalls
Food recalls in March 2022
The FDA listed 53 food recalls in its March 2022 Enforcement Reports, 21 more than in February 2022 (32) and 19 more than in March 2021 (34). 15 were Class I, the most serious kind. The most common reason was allergen not on the label (21).
Food recalls
53
Reports through March 30, 2022
Class I, the most serious
15
Could cause serious harm or death
February 2022
32
34 in March 2021
Every food recall in March 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)
Torn & Glasser, Inc. (Pomona, CA): Sprouts Farmers Market Dark Chocolate Covered Cherries
Allergen not on the label. “Packaged of Dark Chococlate Covered Cherries may contain Dark Chocolate covered almonds. Undeclared allergen - tree nuts (almonds).”
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Class II
ALLI & ROSE LLC (Redlands, CA): Snak Yard Dried Plums Saladitos
Lead or other chemicals. “Firm is recalling Dried Plums due to potential high lead content.”
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Class II
Damascus Bakery LLC (Newark, NJ): Damascus Bakery, Bantam Classic Bagels
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Egg Allergen”
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Class II
Flow Beverages Inc. (Verona, VA): Flow Alkaline Spring Water - Organic lemon & ginger flavored water (2 products)
“Flow Beverages Inc., 33 Lakeview CT., Verona, VA, 24482 is initiating a recall of Flow Alkaline Spring Water - Organic lemon & ginger flavored water, 500 ml 12 units per case, Lots 2023AUG29 V5 and 2023AUG29 V5 because of four (4) customer complaints of alleged adverse reactions following the...”
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Class II
HumbleHungryHappy LLC (Portland, OR): Overnight Oats (5 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Almond and Coconut in the Contains statement.”
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Class II
Pacific Coast Fruit Company (Portland, OR): Kit Thai Noodle Salad FM
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Thai Noodle Salad Kits is being recalled due to potential foreign material present in an ingredient.”
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Class II
Schreiber Foods Inc (Green Bay, WI): Shredded Cheese consisting of Monterey Jack, Queso Quesadilla, and Asadero cheeses
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Potential to contain foreign material (metal).”
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Class I (most serious)
Albanese Confectionery Group, Inc. (Merrillville, IN): Albanese Dark Chocolate Espresso Bean packaged into 9oz plastic tubs 12 tubs per case
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergen - Peanut”
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Class I (most serious)
Gourmet Kitchen, Inc. (Neptune, NJ): 14" Raw Buttermilk Breakfast Tart with Fresh Blueberries & Granola P2006 (9 Frozen Pancakes) (2 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared almonds”
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Class I (most serious)
Mohammad Mayha (Richardson, TX): Jaguar Power Honey packaged in a gold paper box with black writing (2 products)
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Contains hidden drug ingredient”
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Class I (most serious)
The Royal Ice Cream Company Inc. (Manchester, CT): All Ice Cream and Ice Cream products within expiry
Listeria. “Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class II
Candies Tolteca (Fresno, CA): Tolteca Saladitos con Chile Limon, Dried Plums with Chili & Lemon (2 products)
Lead or other chemicals. “Firm distributed Dried Salted Plum (Saladitos) that may contain high lead levels.”
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Class II
ConAgra Foods, INc. (Chicago, IL): Rosarita Organic Refried Beans Multipack carton containing 8 - 16oz cans
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Foreign Material - Small Rocks”
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Class II
FDMR, INC DBA SUJI'S KOREAN CUISINE (Chicago, IL): Taiyaki Variety Pack
Allergen not on the label. “Hazelnuts were declared in ingredient statement but not in Contains statement.”
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Class II
Herbalife International of America (Los Angeles, CA): Herbalife NutritionProtein Bar Deluxe - Chocolate Peanut flavor
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared allergen - egg”
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Class II
RMJV, LP dba Fresh Creative Foods (Vista, CA): Fresh Creative Foods (9 products)
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “During manufacturing pieces of hard clear plastic was found. Upon investigation the source was identified as ice purchased from supplier.”
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Class II
RON DAVIES JR (New Albany, OH): Bob Evan's Sour Cream & Chive Mashed Potatoes 24oz plastic trays with clear film and sleeve over wrap sold as singles...
Allergen not on the label. “Incorrect packaging for product resulting in an undeclared wheat allergen”
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Class II
Stutzman Farms (Millersburg, OH): Stutzman Farms Organic Einkorn Berries sold in bulk, or in 25lb and 50lb bags (7 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergen - Wheat”
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Class II
Swanson Health Products, Inc (Fargo, ND): Swanson Ultra
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Dietary supplement may contain potential metal shavings greater than or equal to 7mm in length.”
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Class II
Tony's Tejas Salsa (Mobile, AL): Port City Soups Tex-Mex Chili 32oz glass mason jar sold by individual unit (5 products)
Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...). “Production Process not approved for acidified foods.”
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Class II
Vbest Inc (Diamond Bar, CA): Salted Dried Plums
Lead or other chemicals. “Firm supplied salted dried plums (Saladitos) to two firms who are recalling due to high lead levels in product found by California Department of Public Health sampling.”
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Class III (least serious)
PS Seasoning & Spices, Inc. (Iron Ridge, WI): Honey BBQ Snack, NO MSG Seasoning packaged in the following sizes (5 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared wheat.”
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Class I (most serious)
Abbott Laboratories (Abbott Park, IL): Abbott Similac Advance Infant Formula with Iron 12.4oz (41 products)
Salmonella. “Consumer complaints related to Cronobacter sakazakii or Salmonella Newport in infants and evidence of Cronobacter sakazakii in the manufacturing facility where the product had been produced”
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Class I (most serious)
Concord Farms, Inc. (Vernon, CA): Fresh Enoki Mushrooms 5.25oz/150 g/ 34 packages per case UPC
Listeria. “California Department of Public Health sampled product and found it to contain Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class I (most serious)
Jan Fruits, Inc. (Vernon, CA): Taiwan Best Quality Enoki Natural Mushrooms, Premium 200g/7.5 oz
Listeria. “California Department of Public Health sampled product and found it to contain Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class I (most serious)
Texas Star Nut and Food Co., Inc. (Boerne, TX): Nature's Eats Balance Hearty Mix 16 oz (2 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared milk”
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Class II
A & E Corrales LLC (Seattle, WA): Saladitos With Chili
Lead or other chemicals. “Elevated levels of lead”
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Class II
American Gourmet (Vista, CA): American Gourmet Saladitos (Dried Salted Plums) 1.5 oz
Lead or other chemicals. “California Department of Public Health sampled product and found it to contain high levels of lead.”
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Class II
Chicago Sweet Connections, Inc. (Chicago, IL): Chicago Sweet Connections (20 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergens - Egg, Milk, and Wheat”
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Class II
DEL MONTE FOODS INC (Walnut Creek, CA): Del Monte Bubble Fruit - Tropical Mixed Fruit Cup Snacks
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Product being recalled due to potential metal fragment approximately 2-3mm in size.”
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Class II
Edible Spirits, Inc (Stuart, FL): Banana Coconut Rum Cake (5 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Failure to declare product ingredients including allergens (eggs, wheat, milk, tree nuts).”
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Class II
El Chavito (San Diego, CA): El Chavito Saladitos Dried Salted Plums (2 products)
“Potential to be contaminated with lead.”
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Class II
El Super Leon Ponchin Snacks, Inc. (San Diego, CA): El Super Leon brand, Dry Salted Plum with Chili, Shelf Stable (2 products)
“Potential to be contaminated with lead.”
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Class II
FACTOR (Aurora, IL): Factor 75 - Fiery Beef & Black Bean Chili 12.7oz plastic tray sold as single serve meal to end consumer
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Milk Allergen”
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Class II
la fiesta food products (La Mirada, CA): La Fiesta brand, Salted Plums with Chili Product
Lead or other chemicals. “elevated levels for lead.”
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Class II
Pacific Golden Coast Trading Inc (Hermosa Beach, CA): Dried salted plum
Lead or other chemicals. “Elevated levels for lead.”
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Class II
Rojas Inc. (Los Angeles, CA): LUPAG brand Plain Dried Salted Plums
Lead or other chemicals. “Elevated levels for lead.”
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Class II
Swire Coca Cola USA (West Valley City, UT): Coca-Cola Cherry Zero Sugar Fridge Pack
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Exterior packaging correctly identifies the contents as Cherry Coca-Cola Zero, the cans contained in the fridge pack are incorrectly labeled as Cherry Coca-Cola and do not include the required notification for phenylketonurics that the beverage contains phenylalanine.”
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Class I (most serious)
GOLDEN MEDAL MUSHROOM INC (Commerce, CA): Enoki Mushrooms, brand Xuerong
Listeria. “Listeria monocytogenes”
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Class I (most serious)
Vadilal Industries USA Inc. (Newark, NJ): Vadilal Quick Treat Custard Apple Pulp Net Wt
Salmonella. “Product may be contaminated with Salmonella”
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Class I (most serious)
Whole Foods Market Brand 365, Llc (Austin, TX): Whole Foods Market Vanilla Short Bread Cookies packaged in clear plastic container with a white scale label applied...
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared egg”
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Class II
Albertsons Companies LLC (Boise, ID): Signature Select Cookie Dough Ice Cream Vanilla Flavored ice cream with chocolate flavored chips and chunks of...
Allergen not on the label. “Signature Select Black Walnut Ice Cream was inadvertently packed in Cookie Dough container that does not declare nuts as allergen. Top lid correctly identified Black Walnut flavor.”
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Class II
Ardent Mills, LLC (Denver, CO): Ardent Mills Hotel and Restaurant All Purpose Flour - AA
Salmonella. “Raw, untreated flour tested positive for Salmonella.”
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Class II
Dollar Tree Distribution, Inc. (Chesapeake, VA): Dietary supplements purchased from Family Dollar retail stores located in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi,... (2 products)
Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...). “Potential exposure to rodents and rodent activity in the distribution center.”
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Class II
J & M Foods, Inc. (Little Rock, AR): Favorite Day Carrot cake soft bake cookies Net Wt 8 oz
Allergen not on the label. “Pecans although listed in the Ingredient Statement, was omitted from the CONTAINS statement.”
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Class II
Shearer'S Snacks (Massillon, OH): Great Value Restaurant Style White Corn Tortilla Chips, Net St
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Chips may contain a foreign material (metal).”
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Class II
Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. (Rochester, NY): Wegmans brand Roasted Garlic hummus
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Product may potentially contain blue plastic pieces.”
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Class I (most serious)
Dole Fresh Vegetables Inc (Monterey, CA): Marketside 12oz Classic Salad UPC:6-81131-32894-4 SKU (55 products)
Listeria. “Harvest equipment used in harvesting raw iceberg lettuce was tested by Dole and found to contain Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class I (most serious)
Garden-Fresh Foods, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI): Weis Original Potato Salad
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared milk.”
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Class I (most serious)
Lyons Magnus, Inc (Fresno, CA): Dunkin Caramel Swirl
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared milk allergen due to mislabeling.”
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Class II
ARILLIS CORP (Felda, FL): Tortillas Arillis, Arillis Corp, Contains
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared allergen: Wheat”
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Class II
Malt Products Corporation (Dayton, OH): Diastatic Malt Powder 50lb bag - up to 50 bags per pallet Malt Products Corporation
Salmonella. “Potential Contamination with Salmonella”
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Class II
Organic By Nature, Inc. (Rancho Dominguez, CA): Purim Health Brands EpiGenius Kids Chocolate
Allergen not on the label. “MCT 50% powder ingredient used in production was recalled due to undeclared milk.”
Why food was recalled in March 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 | 21 |
| Lead or other chemicals | 8 |
| Metal, plastic, glass or other objects | 8 |
| Listeria | 5 |
| Salmonella | 4 |
| Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...) | 2 |
| Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems | 1 |
| Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...) | 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 March 30, 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.