October 20, 2024 – October 26, 2024 – 7 Recalls (6 FDA, 1 USDA)

Industries/Products: Fish, Meat, Poultry, Waffles

Current FDA & USDA Recall Trends

FDA

Recalls / Reason(s)

• 10/26/24 – Food & Beverage – Kirkland Signature Smoked Salmon – Potential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogenes.
  • “Acme Smoked Fish Corporation is issuing a recall of 111 cases of Kirkland Signature Smoked Salmon in twin 12oz package, UPC 0 96619 25697 6, Lot# 8512801270, Best-by-Date 11/13/2024 due to laboratory testing confirming Listeria monocytogenes on October 21, 2024.” 1
• 10/36/24 – Food & Beverage – Gourmet Café Chicken Caesar Salad Bowl – Potential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogenes.
  • “Fresh Express is voluntarily recalling a limited number of Gourmet Café Chicken Caesar Salad Bowls due to the inclusion of recalled chicken items from BrucePac, an outside ingredient supplier. The BrucePac recall is due to possible Listeria monocytogenes The fresh vegetable components are not impacted by this recall.” 2
• 10/26/24 – Food & Beverage – U-Bake Pie Crust, U-Bake Apple Pie, U-Bake Marionberry Pie, U-Bake Chicken Pot Pie – Potential or Undeclared Allergen – Egg.
  • “The recall was initiated after an employee noted that egg was added to the above pie dough products and distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of egg.” 3
• 10/24/24 – Food & Beverage – Chicken Street Taco Meal Kit – Potential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogenes.
  • “Following a recall initiated by Fresh Creative Foods, a division of Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc., Sprouts Farmers Market has voluntarily recalled select lots of our Chicken Street Taco kits supplied by Fresh Creative Foods on 10/11/2024, due to possible Listeria monocytogenes” 4
• 10/23/24 – Food & Beverage – Frozen toaster waffles, Belgian waffles and pancakes – Potential Foodborne Illness – Listeria monocytogenes .
  • “OAK BROOK, Ill., October 22, 2024 – TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (NYSE: THS) is expanding its voluntary recall to include all products manufactured at one facility and still within their shelf-life. The recall is expanded to include frozen toaster waffle, Belgian waffle and pancake products, due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. “5
• 10/21/24 – Food & Beverage – Meat Processing Kit – Potential or Undeclared Allergen – Wheat and Soy.
  • “The recall was initiated after it was discovered by a customer that their box of Hickory Jerky Kits contained Trail Bologna Meat Processing Kits. Hickory Jerky kit contents were inadvertently packaged inside of Trail Bologna Meat Processing kit pouches.” 6

USDA

• 10/24/24 – Food – Meat & Poultry Products – Illegally Imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.
  • “The problem was discovered when FSIS was performing surveillance activities at a retailer and found meat and poultry products from Myanmar that are not eligible to be exported to the U.S.” 7

1 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/acme-smoked-fish-corporation-recalls-kirkland-signature-smoked-salmon-due-listeria-monocytogenes

2 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/fresh-express-voluntarily-recalling-limited-number-gourmet-cafe-chicken-caesar-salad-bowls

3 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/grand-central-bakery-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-egg-u-bake-pie-crust-u-bake-apple-pie-u-bake

4 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/sprouts-farmers-market-has-voluntarily-recalled-select-lots-our-chicken-street-taco-kits-supplied

5 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/treehouse-foods-announces-expansion-voluntary-recall-include-all-waffle-and-pancake-products-due

6 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/con-yeager-spice-company-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-soy-and-wheat-trail-bologna-meat-processing

7 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-ineligible-meat-and-poultry-products-illegally-1