March 16, 2025 – March 22, 2025 – 3 F&B Recalls (2 FDA, 1 USDA)

Current Class 1 FDA & USDA Recall Trends

FDA

Recalls / Reason(s)

• 3/20/25 – Food & Beverage – Favorite Day Gourmet New York Style Cheesecake – Potential or Undeclared Allergen – Pecans.
  • “Dessert Holdings LLC is recalling Target brand Favorite Day™ Gourmet New York Style Cheesecake 6oz/2ct, Lot code 25028A1 000039133 UPC 0 85239 09690 1 due to product mislabeling resulting in undeclared pecans. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to pecans run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products.” 1
• 3/18/25 – Food & Beverage – Frozen meals – Potential Contaminant – Wood
  • “Nestlé USA is initiating a voluntary recall of a limited quantity of Lean Cuisine® and STOUFFER’S® frozen meals due to the potential presence of wood-like material.” 2

USDA

• 3/20/25 – Food – Ready-to-Eat Beef Stick Products – Possible Foreign Mater Contamination.
  • “Idaho Smokehouse Partners, LLC, a Shelley, Idaho establishment, is recalling approximately 29,541 pounds of ready-to-eat beef stick products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.” 3

1 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/dessert-holdings-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-tree-nut-allergen-favorite-daytm-gourmet-new-york

2 https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/nestle-usa-announces-voluntary-recall-limited-quantity-lean-cuisiner-and-stouffersr-frozen-meals-due

3 https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/idaho-smokehouse-partners-recalls-ready-eat-beef-stick-products-due-possible-foreign