January 26, 2025 – February 1, 2025 – 8 Food & Beverage Recalls (6 FDA, 2 USDA)

Current FDA & USDA Recall Trends

FDA

Recalls / Reason(s)

• 1/31/25 – Food & Beverage (Animal Food) – Natural Mix – Salmonella contamination.
  • “Samples of the product was collected on 01/08/25 by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and tested by the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Food and Drug Protection Laboratory. The product tested positive for Salmonella.” 1
• 1/31/25 – Food & Beverage – Gerber® Soothe N Chew® Teething Sticks – Potential choking hazard for babies and young children. 2
  • “The recall was initiated after receiving consumer complaints of choking incidents. To date, one emergency room visit has been reported to the firm.”
• 1/30/25 – Food & Beverage – Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzels – Undeclared milk.
  • “The issue was discovered during an internal review of label management system as an action item from an internal nonconformance.” 3
• 1/28/25 – Food & Beverage – Breadcrumbs (pan Rayado) – Undeclared allergen (sesame).
  • “The recall was initiated after discovering that the product contained undeclared sesame. Further investigation revealed that the issue was caused by errors on the product labeling.” 4
• 1/28/25 – Food & Beverage – Snack foods-Corn Puffs – Undeclared milk.
  • “The recall was initiated after discovering that the product contained an undeclared allergen (milk). The last distribution of the product in the marketplace was on January 10, 2025.” 5
• 1/27/25 – Food & Beverage – Shatavari Powder – Product may be contaminated with elevated levels of lead.
  • “The recall is the result of an analysis conducted by Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection; Food & Standards Division that revealed the product contained elevated levels of lead.” 6

USDA

• 1/31/25 – Food – Sausage Link Products – Possible Foreign Matter Contamination.
  • “The problem was discovered after the establishment received a consumer complaint involving the discovery of a piece of a pen while eating the Original Boudain sausage links product.” 7
• 1/27/25 – Food – Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets – Possible Extraneous Material Contamination.
  • “FSIS was notified of the issue after Wegmans received multiple consumer complaints of bone fragments in the frozen fully cooked breaded chicken breast nugget product.” 8

1 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/blue-ridge-beef-issues-recall-blue-ridge-beef-natural-mix-due-salmonella-contamination

2 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/gerber-products-company-announces-recall-and-discontinuation-all-batches-gerberr-soothe-n-chewr

3 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/united-natural-trading-llc-announces-allergy-alert-undeclared-milk-fresh-direct-dark-chocolate

4 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/recall-la-fiesta-brand-bread-crumbs-unseasoned-and-seasoned-undeclared-sesame

5 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/wismettac-asian-foods-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-milk-curvee-puffs-corn-puff-snack

6 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/new-york-wholesale-group-recalls-zaarah-herbals-shatavari-powder-because-possible-health-risk

7 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/djs-boudain-llc-recalls-sausage-link-products-due-possible-foreign-matter

8 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-wegmans-frozen-fully-cooked-chicken-nuggets-due