Food recalls
Food recalls in September 2023
The FDA listed 30 food recalls in its September 2023 Enforcement Reports, 20 fewer than in August 2023 (50) and 1 fewer than in September 2022 (31). 5 were Class I, the most serious kind. The most common reason was allergen not on the label (10).
Food recalls
30
Reports through September 27, 2023
Class I, the most serious
5
Could cause serious harm or death
August 2023
50
31 in September 2022
Every food recall in September 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 I (most serious)
OBC GROUP CORP (Doral, FL): LA ORIGINAL - THE ORIGINAL, NUT DIET MAX, Nuez de la India (2 products)
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Product appears to be Yellow Oleander instead of Nuez de la India as labeled.”
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Class II
Fox Confections LLC (Mentor, OH): F-Bombs Cookie Dough Truffles (7 products)
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Undeclared FD&C Yellow #5 and Yellow #6”
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Class II
Allergen not on the label. “Potential to contain undeclared soy and/or wheat allergen due to mislabeling.”
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Class II
Somebody's Mother's Chocolate Sauce (Houston, TX): Somebody's Mother's Island Sauce (2 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared soy”
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Class II
Southern Taiwan LLC (Seattle, WA): Radish Turnip Cake (w/o shrimp)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Wheat Starch and Sulfites”
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Class III (least serious)
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Refrigerated pasteurized process cheese products may not be refrigerated at customer level due to labeled refrigeration requirements varying on finished product labels.”
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Class I (most serious)
Listeria. “Listeria monocytogenes”
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Class I (most serious)
TEXAS TAMALE COMPANY (Houston, TX): Texas Tamale Black Bean Tamales 18 oz, (1 lb
Allergen not on the label. “Contains undeclared milk.”
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Class I (most serious)
Todorganic Inc. (Middleburg, FL): TODRGANIC Natural Products, NUEZ DE LA INDIA, Natural Products
Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...). “Product appears to be Yellow Oleander instead of Nuez de la India as labeled.”
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Class II
Cassanos Inc (Dayton, OH): Ritchie's Distribution Pizza Dough on Parchment (2 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergen - Soy Flour”
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Class II
Chemtrade Solutions, LLC (Syracuse, NY): Sodium Nitrite, Granular Super Free-Flowing Food Grade
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Product may contain metal fragments (ferrous metal, 1 mm or less in size)”
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Class II
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared egg”
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Class II
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Foreign object; rocks.”
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Class II
Killer Brownie Ltd (Miamisburg, OH): US Foods
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Foreign Material - Plastic”
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Class II
Pegasus Foods, Inc. (Rockwall, TX): Cream Cheese Rangoon NET WT
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Plastic foreign object found in product.”
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Class II
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “A piece of brittle plastic was found in seafood crabmeat stuffing mix.”
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Class II
Listeria. “Listeria monocytogenes”
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Class III (least serious)
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Dips and sauces received out of temperature specifications. Product was not quarantined; product was shipped to customers.”
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Class II
Cooperstown Cheese Company, LLC (Milford, NY): Cooperstown Cheese Company 1
Listeria. “Cheese may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.”
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Class II
Nestle-USA, Inc. (Corporate Office) (Arlington, VA): Nestle Toll House, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “Potential presence of wood fragments.”
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Class III (least serious)
PBM Nutritionals, LLC (Georgia, VT): Parent's Choice brand Sensitivity Premium Infant Formula
“Inadvertent release of rejected product to market”
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Class III (least serious)
Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...). “Firm's sample revealed positive findings for coliforms.”
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Class I (most serious)
Allergen not on the label. “Product may contain undeclared peanut, soy, and wheat.”
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Class II
Allergen not on the label. “undeclared sesame”
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Class II
BURNING ACRE (Columbia, TN): Gummy Square packaged in .12oz cellophane wrappers (3 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared Allergen - Soy Lecithin”
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Class II
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Perishable products were not held at an appropriate temperature.”
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Class II
Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems. “Signs of bloating in juice cups”
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Class II
Mehlenbacher's Taffy (Paso Robles, CA): Mehlenbacher's Taffy (3 products)
Allergen not on the label. “Undeclared allergen; milk”
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Class II
E. coli. “May contain elevated coliform count and generic E. coli.”
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Class II
Treehouse Foods (Oak Brook, IL): Trader Joe's Multigrain Crackers with Sunflower and Flax Seeds
Metal, plastic, glass or other objects. “pieces of metal found in the product”
Why food was recalled in September 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 | 10 |
| Metal, plastic, glass or other objects | 7 |
| Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems | 4 |
| Listeria | 3 |
| Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...) | 3 |
| E. coli | 1 |
| 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 September 27, 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.