Current FDA & USDA Recall Trends

FDA

Recall / Contributing Factor(s)

• 4/19/24 – Food & Beverage – Fresh organic basil – Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
  • “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 18, 2024—Infinite Herbs LLC of Miami, Florida, is voluntarily recalling 2.5-ounce packages of Infinite Herbs fresh organic basil sold between February 1 and April 6, 2024, and bearing the UPC 8 18042 02147 7 (see photos below) because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.” 1
• 4/19/24 – Food & Beverage – Fresh organic basil – Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
  • “FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 19, 2024—Infinite Herbs LLC of Miami, Florida, is expanding its April 18th recall to include Melissa’s brand fresh organic basil in 2.0 oz ( 96 packages, UPC 0 45255 14142 9) and 4.0 oz packages (24 packages, UPC 0 45255 14439 0) available for sale at Dierberg’s stores in Illinois and Missouri between February 10th and 20th (see photos below). This product is part of the lot that was previously recalled and, therefore, has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.” 2
• 4/18/24 – Food & Beverage – Goat Milk Toddler Formula – Product does not provide sufficient nutrition when used as an infant formula.
  • “Newport Beach, California – Sammy’s Milk, a local company, has been asked by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to provide a warning against the use of its Goat Milk Toddler Formula as an infant formula because the FDA is concerned that the formula may not meet all FDA requirements for infant formula and may be unsafe and not provide sufficient nutrition when used as an infant formula. These concerns were provided to Sammy’s Milk in a meeting with FDA this week that identified representations on the Sammy’s Milk website and social media platforms that could be interpreted to indicate the product is safe for infants to consume.” 3

USDA

• 4/20/24 – Food – Ground Beef Products – Due to Possible E. Coli O157:H7 Contamination.
  • “The problem was discovered by the establishment while conducting an inventory of product that was on hold because it was found positive for E. coli O157:H7. The company notified FSIS that they inadvertently used a portion of the contaminated beef to produce ground beef products that they subsequently shipped into commerce. 4

1 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/infinite-herbs-llc-voluntarily-recalls-25-ounce-fresh-organic-basil-sold-february-1-through-april-6

2 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/infinite-herbs-llc-expands-recall-fresh-organic-basil-include-melissas-brand-organic-basil-received

3 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/sammys-milk-providing-warning-against-use-goat-milk-toddler-formula-infant-formula

4 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-ground-beef-products-due-possible-e–coli-o157h7-0\