Food recalls
Food recalls in November 2023
The FDA listed 35 food recalls in its November 2023 Enforcement Reports, 2 more than in October 2023 (33) and 3 fewer than in November 2022 (38). 16 were Class I, the most serious kind. The most common reason was allergen not on the label (12).
Food recalls
35
Reports through November 29, 2023
Class I, the most serious
16
Could cause serious harm or death
October 2023
33
38 in November 2022
Every food recall in November 2023
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
Asenzya Inc. (Oak Creek, WI): Asenzya Hot & Spicy Cajun Style Seasoning
Allergen not on the label. “seasoning may contain sesame”
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Class II
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams LLC (Columbus, OH): Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Potential Foreign Material - aluminum and/or stainless steel pieces”
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Class III (least serious)
ActiPharma, Inc. (Guaynabo, PR): ACTIRON Dietary Supplement, ActiPharma
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “FDA sample analysis of ACTIRON Dietary Supplement, 100 Tablets, Lot 13309, found the product did not meet folic acid specification compared to the label claim.”
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Class III (least serious)
Treehouse Foods (Oak Brook, IL): HEB Central Market Blueberry Buckwheat Gluten Free Waffle
“potentially contaminated with peanut”
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Class I (most serious)
Paradise Flavors LLC (Marathon, FL): MAMEY, PARADISE FLAVORS LLC (39 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared allergen: Milk.”
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Class I (most serious)
TH Searcy LLC (Searcy, AR): Guilt Free No Sugar Added Ice Cream Homemade Vanilla 1.5qts
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Egg”
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Class II
GIVE AND GO PREPARED FOODS CORP (Etobicoke, Canada): Item 19858, Amazon Fresh, Frosted Mini Brownie with yellow and purple icing with sprinkles
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Potential plastic pieces in the product.”
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Class II
Tay's Sales and Distribution (Marion, IA): Full Spectrum Cold Pressed Hemp Oil Gummies, Pomegranate (5 products)
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Sub-ingredients not declared for sunflower butter.”
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Class II
Tokai Denpun USA Inc (Redmond, WA): Takumi brand frozen tuna ground meat, raw but ready to eat, vacuum packaged units in fiber boxes
E. coli. “Histamine, high total plate count, coliforms, and E.coli (serotype is unknown).”
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Class III (least serious)
EL Chilar-HF, LLC (Apopka, FL): BLUM'S SHRIMP SHRED DRIED SHRIMP, COOKED IN SALT WATER, BLUM'S SEAFOOD PRODUCTS LLC (4 products)
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Undeclared Red #40”
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Class I (most serious)
Cookies-n-Milk Incorporated (Mckinney, TX): Edible Cookie Dough Chocolate Chip packaged in 6 oz plastic cups lot # 3240
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Peanut Butter; Packaged Peanut Butter Dough in Chocolate Chip packaging.”
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Class I (most serious)
Gills Onions, LLC (Oxnard, CA): Cross Valley Farms 4/5 LB CTN FRESH 1/8" SLIVERED YELLOW ONIONS W/ZIPPER (73 products)
Salmonella. “Potential contamination with Salmonella Thompson”
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Class I (most serious)
Greenhead Lobster Products LLC (Bucksport, ME): Frozen and fresh RTE Lobster meat (1 lb
Listeria. “Lobster meat may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class I (most serious)
Kula Brands LLC (Naples, FL): Kula Can Pina Colada + KRATOM SELTZER
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergens: Milk and Tree Nut (Coconut) and Unapproved Food Additive: Kratom”
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Class I (most serious)
Safeway Fresh Foods LLC (Vineland, NJ): Little Bear Fresh Kale (3 products)
Listeria. “Possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination”
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Class I (most serious)
Tiffany Food Corp. (Brooklyn, NY): Mini Fruit Jelly Cups (3 products)
“Products are a choking hazard”
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Class I (most serious)
UTOPIA FOODS INC (Glendale, NY): Qilu Enterprises brand enoki mushrooms packaged in a 7.05 ounce (200 gram) flexible plastic bag with UPC code...
Listeria. “Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class I (most serious)
WANABANA USA LLC (Jacksonville, FL): Schnucks APPLE SAUCE FRUIT POUCH, CINNAMON Net Weight (3 products)
Lead or other chemicals. “North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) sampled product and found it to contain high levels of lead.”
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Class II
Abbott Laboratories (Columbus, OH): Similac Probiotic Tri-Blend - 0.017oz (0.50g) packaged in foil packets
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Marketed towards preterm infants without approval as a new drug or licensed biologic, as well as unsafe food additive”
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Class II
Hinterland Dairy Inc (Donnellson, IA): Hinterland Dairy Farmstead Cheese Happy Jack Monterey Jack Cheese (4 products)
E. coli. “May contain generic E. coli”
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Class II
Nutricia North America (Rockville, MD): Nutricia KetcoCal 4:1 LQ Unflavored in 237ml (8fl oz) packaged in tetra prisma paper aseptic carton - 3 cartons per...
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Incorrect product in packaging”
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Class II
The Cookie Factory LLC (Troy, NY): Stewarts Chocolate Chip Cookies
Allergen not on the label. “Product contains undeclared macadamia nuts.”
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Class III (least serious)
The Sausage Maker, Inc. (Buffalo, NY): The Sausage Maker Instacure #1
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Contains Sodium Nitrite recalled for potential metal contamination”
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Class I (most serious)
Bix Produce Company LLC (Little Canada, MN): FreshPoint Bix Produce Company, Cantaloupe
Salmonella. “Cantaloupe may be contaminated with Salmonella.”
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Class I (most serious)
Braga Fresh Foods (Salinas, CA): Wegman's Organics Sweet Kale Chopped Salad Kit
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared egg”
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Class I (most serious)
The Kitchen Garden Co, LLC (Camarillo, CA): Fine Sconehenge Baking Company, Lemon Raspberry Scone, individually sealed plastic bag (5 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared allergen; egg”
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Class II
Nature'S Path Foods Inc (Richmond, Canada): Nature's Path Organic Pumpkin Spice Waffles (2 products)
Allergen not on the label. “undeclared peanut”
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Class II
Pepsi Beverages, LLC (Burnsville, MN): Crush Orange Soda
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “foreign material - plastic”
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Class II
Rise Baking Company, LLC dba The New French Bakery Inc. (Minneapolis, MN): Favorite Day Bakery demi French bread
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Foreign Material (plastic).”
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Class II
Select Custom Solutions, LLC (La Crosse, WI): JayRobb Vanilla Flavored Egg White Protein Powder
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “foreign material - plastic”
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Class I (most serious)
Eagle Produce LLC, dba Martori Farms (Scottsdale, AZ): Whole cantaloupe, Brand name Kandy 11 count carton
Salmonella. “Possible contamination with Salmonella spp.”
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Class I (most serious)
Orgain (Irvine, CA): Organic Protein & 50 Superfoods Protein Powder with Probiotic - Chocolate flavor
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared allergen; sesame”
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Class I (most serious)
The Kroger Co (Cincinnati, OH): Kroger Collard Greens packaged in plastic 16oz bag - 8 bags per case
Listeria. “Potential contamination of Listeria monocytogenes”
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Class II
Betty Lou's Inc (Mcminnville, OR): Stabilyze Sugar Stable Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Sesame”
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Class II
Penzeys, Ltd. (Wauwatosa, WI): Penzeys Brady Street Cheese Sprinkle
Allergen not on the label. “Brady Street Cheese Sprinkle may contain sesame.”
Why food was recalled in November 2023
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 | 6 |
| Listeria | 4 |
| Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems | 3 |
| Salmonella | 3 |
| E. coli | 2 |
| Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...) | 2 |
| Lead or other chemicals | 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 November 29, 2023.
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.