Massachusetts Firm Misses Allergen on Print-on-Demand Label

Hampton Farms, Springfield, Mass.,  is recalling Mixed Nuts Roasted Unsalted 8 oz. lot 23025  and Mixed Nuts Roasted and Salted 8oz. lot 23825 due to an undeclared hazelnut allergen.  On September 15, 2025, the firm discovered through routine paperwork review that the label failed to include the allergen (hazelnuts) in the allergen warning statement.

Here is another case related to print-on-demand labels where there is an allergen mistake.  The information input on these labels needs a sufficient amount of review / verification instead of relying on one person.

The products were distributed between September 2, 2025 and September 9, 2025 of this year. These products were packaged in clear plastic tubs and sold in Stop&Shop stores in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, New York and Rhode Island


https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/hampton-farms-recalls-mixed-nuts-roasted-unsalted-8-oz-and-mixed-nuts-roasted-and-salted-8-oz
Hampton Farms Recalls Mixed Nuts Roasted Unsalted 8 oz and Mixed Nuts Roasted and Salted 8 oz Packages Due to Undeclared Hazelnuts
Summary
Company Announcement Date:   September 26, 2025
FDA Publish Date:  October 28, 2025
Product Type:  Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement:  Undeclared hazelnut allergen
Company Name:  Hampton Farms
Brand Name:  Hampton Farms
Product Description:  Mixed Nuts

TX Firm Recalls Taco Kits After Supplier Mislabels Cocoa Packets As Seasoning Packet

Teasdale Foods, Inc., Carrollton, TX, is recalling certain Taco Dinner Kits, because they may contain undeclared milk.  The recall was initiated after the company received consumer complaints the Taco Dinner Kits contained cocoa mix packets containing milk instead of taco seasoning packets and were distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of milk. Subsequent investigation indicates the problem was caused by mislabeling of the taco seasoning packets by the third party that provides the seasoning.

In this case, the supplier of the taco seasoning packets mislabeled cocoa packets as taco seasoning.  Here is a great example of the need to ensure suppliers have tight allergen control programs in place.  Clearly this supplier is handling a wide variety of foods containing different allergens.

Product was distributed to Giant, Martin’s, and Aldi retail stores located in Alabama, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin and West Virginia.

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/teasdale-latin-foods-issues-allergy-alert-potential-undeclared-milk-certain-taco-dinner-kits
Teasdale Latin Foods Issues Allergy Alert on Potential Undeclared Milk in Certain Taco Dinner Kits
Summary
Company Announcement Date:  October 25, 2025
FDA Publish Date:  October 28, 2025
Product Type:  Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement:  May contain undeclared milk.
Company Name:  Teasdale Foods, Inc.
Brand Name:  Martin’s and Giant/Casa Mamita
Product Description:  Taco Dinner Kits

CA Distributor Recalls Parsley After Sample Tests Positive for Salmonella

Pacific International Marketing (“Pacific”), a Salinas, California distributor, is recalling 474 cases of bulk Italian Parsley because it may be contaminated with Salmonella.  The company was recently notified that a sample taken on October 6 tested positive. This product should no longer be available directly to the consumer, only if the product is frozen.

The Italian Parsley was shipped to wholesalers in AZ, CA, FL, MN, MI, GA, OH and NV between September 22 and September 25, 2025. 


https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/pacific-international-marketing-recalls-fresh-italian-parsley-because-possible-health-risk
Pacific International Marketing Recalls Fresh Italian Parsley Because of Possible Health Risk
Summary
Company Announcement Date:  October 28, 2025
FDA Publish Date:  October 28, 2025
Product Type:  Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement:  Potential Foodborne Illness – Salmonella contamination
Company Name:  Pacific International Marketing
Brand Name:  Pacific
Product Description:  Italian Parsley

WA State Company Recalls Cinnamon Powder After FDA Finds Lead Contamination

Homeneeds Inc. of Bellevue, WA is recalling 140/100gram packets of Devi brand Cinnamon Powder (Dalchini Powder), batch #2502315, because it has the potential to be contaminated with lead.  The recall was initiated after the FDA collected product samples and detected elevated levels of lead. The firm’s investigation into the problem is ongoing.

The affected Devi brand Cinnamon Powder (Dalchini Powder) packages were distributed by Homeneeds Inc. of Bellevue, WA and was sold at Apna Bazar in WA from 05/15/2025 to 10/21/2025


https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/homeneeds-inc-recalls-devi-brand-ground-cinnamon-dalchini-powder-because-possible-health-risk
Homeneeds Inc. Recalls Devi Brand Ground Cinnamon (Dalchini Powder) Because of Possible Health Risk
Summary
Company Announcement Date:  October 27, 2025
FDA Publish Date:  October 28, 2025
Product Type:  Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement:  Potential Metal Contaminant - Lead
Company Name:  Homeneeds Inc.
Brand Name:  DEVI
Product Description:  Ground Cinnamon

MN Establishment Recalls Pulled Pork Product After Plastic from Ingredient Bottles Found in Product

E.A. Sween Company, an Eden Prairie, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 127,887 pounds of a pulled pork sandwich product that may be contaminated with pieces of plastic.  The problem was discovered after the establishment received multiple complaints from consumers finding pieces of plastic in the barbecue pulled pork sandwich product. E.A. Sween Company determined that the plastic originated from the gallon plastic barbecue bottles used in production.

This recall demonstrates the need to control ingredient containers during production.  It is easy for people to get careless when pouring liquid into the process in that they do not control have full containment of items including the caps.


https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/e-a--sween-company-recalls-pulled-pork-sandwich-products-due-possible-foreign-matter
E.A. Sween Company Recalls Pulled Pork Sandwich Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27, 2025 – E.A. Sween Company, an Eden Prairie, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 127,887 pounds of a pulled pork sandwich product that may be contaminated with pieces of plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

Source of Cesium-137 in Shipments of Indonesian Frozen Shrimp Determined

An article in Food Safety News state the the source of the Cesium-137 that was detected in a shipment of frozen shrimp that led to tightened controls for Indonesian products over the past few months.  According to this article, the "contamination was allegedly caused by steel manufacturer Peter Metal Technology, which uses imported scrap metal as its primary raw material. It is likely that the cesium was incorporated into the firm’s waste stream and then processed, releasing Cs-137 particles into the air, which may have spread to nearby shrimp packaging facility PT Bahari Makmur Sejati (doing business as BMS Foods), located approximately two kilometers away."

"The American Nuclear Society explained that the Cs-137 contamination likely began as cesium chloride, which, once smelted, would rise above its boiling point and enter the atmosphere in gaseous form, exposing BMS Foods' facility to the radioactive isotope."

"Additionally, the Indonesian government discovered 14 containers of scraps from the Philippines, which are contaminated by Cs-137, in Tanjung Priok Port, North Jakarta. This finding suggests that the radioactive contamination may also originate to containers used in export, as well as from the Cikande environment."

This explanation does not apply to the shipment of cloves that were also found to have Cesium-137 contamination.

Food Safety Magazine
https://www.food-safety.com/articles/10757-indonesian-officials-find-cause-of-cs-137-contamination-behind-radioactive-shrimp
Indonesian Officials Find Cause of Cs-137 Contamination Behind Radioactive Shrimp

October 6, 2025

Since August, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has alerted the public to detections of radioactive isotope Cesium-137 (Cs-137) in shipments of shrimp sold at Walmart and other major retailers, and clove spices that did not enter commerce, imported from Indonesia. These detections led FDA to exercise for the first time a Congressional authorized power to require import certification for those commodities from certain regions of the country.

Raw Milk Cheese from Washington State Recalled After Linked to Three Cases of E. coli (STEC) Infection

A Washington cheese maker is recalling various cheese products made from raw and unpasteurized milk and aged at least 60 days, after the product was linked to illness from Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC), specifically Escherichia coli O103.

Twin Sisters Creamery of Ferndale, Washington is voluntarily recalling Whatcom Blue, Farmhouse, Peppercorn and Mustard Seed cheese products, which were made from raw and unpasteurized milk and aged at least 60 days, because it may be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Escherichia coli O103

There have been three reports of STEC infections caused by E. coli O103 in OR and WA to date. The case in Oregon consumed the Twin Sisters Creamery Farmhouse cheese prior to becoming ill.  The recall was initiated after Twin Sisters Creamery was notified that the Farmhouse cheese sample analyzed by a third-party lab confirmed presence of E. coli O103 and E. Coli STEC was detected in Whatcom Blue samples analyzed by WSDA and FDA.

Peterson Company of Auburn, WA is voluntarily recalling Twin Sisters Creamery brand item# 28855 Whatcom Blue and item# 29608 Farmhouse Cheese products which were made by Twin Sisters.


https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/twin-sisters-creamery-recalls-whatcom-blue-farmhouse-peppercorn-and-mustard-seed-cheese-products

Twin Sisters Creamery Recalls Whatcom Blue, Farmhouse, Peppercorn, and Mustard Seed Cheese Products Because of Possible Health Risk

Summary

Company Announcement Date:  October 25, 2025

FDA Publish Date:  October 27, 2025

Product Type:  Food & Beverages

Reason for Announcement:  Potential Foodborne Illness - Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) and Escherichia coli O103

Company Name:  Twin Sisters Creamery, Inc.

Brand Name:  Twin Sisters Creamery

Product Description: Whatcom Blue, Farmhouse, Peppercorn and Mustard Seed cheese products

Michigan Firm Recalls Chocolate Bars for Undeclared Nuts Due to Processing Error

Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory of Ann Arbor, Michigan is recalling Zingerman’s Peanut Butter Crush Full Size Bars with Lot#174250 because it may contain undeclared cashew and Zingerman’s Ca$hew Cow Full Size Bars with Lot#174250 because it may contain undeclared peanut.  The recall was initiated after it was discovered that Peanut Butter Crush Bars containing cashews were distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of cashews. It was also discovered that Cashew Cow Bars may have been distributed in packaging that did not reveal the presence of peanuts. Subsequent investigation indicates the problem was caused by a temporary breakdown in the production and packaging processes.


https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/zingermans-candy-manufactory-issues-allergy-alert-undeclared-peanut-cashew-candy-bars
Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory Issues Allergy Alert on Undeclared Peanut & Cashew in Candy Bars
Summary
Company Announcement Date:  October 24, 2025
FDA Publish Date:  October 27, 2025
Product Type:  Food & Beverages
Reason for Announcement:  Potential or Undeclared Allergen – Undeclared Cashew and Peanut
Company Name:  Zingerman’s Candy Manufactory
Brand Name:  Zingerman’s Candy
Product Description:  Peanut Butter Crush and Ca$hew Cow candy bars

MN Establishment Recalls Frozen RTE Chicken Breast After Complaints for Metal Originating with Conveyor Belts

Hormel Foods Corporation, an Austin, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,874,815 pounds of foodservice ready-to-eat frozen chicken products that may be contaminated with pieces of metal,  The problem was discovered after the establishment received multiple complaints from foodservice customers finding metal in their frozen chicken breast and chicken thigh products. Hormel Foods determined that the metal originated from the conveyor belt used in production.

The affected chicken breast and thigh products were distributed to HRI Commercial Food Service locations nationwide on various dates from February 10, 2025, through September 19, 2025.  There have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consumption of this product. 


https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/hormel-foods-corporation-recalls-ready-eat-frozen-chicken-products-due-possible
Hormel Foods Corporation Recalls Ready-To-Eat Frozen Chicken Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

FSIS Announcement

WASHINGTON, October 25, 2025 – Hormel Foods Corporation, an Austin, Minn. establishment, is recalling approximately 4,874,815 pounds of foodservice ready-to-eat frozen chicken products that may be contaminated with pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

SD Establishment Recalls Pork Jerky After Metal from Fraying Belt Found in Product

LSI, Inc., an Alpena, S.D. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,277,540 pounds of a ready-to-eat Korean barbecue pork jerky product that may be contaminated with pieces of metal.  The problem was discovered after the establishment received multiple complaints from consumers finding pieces of wiry metal in the pork jerky product. LSI, Inc. determined that the metal originated from the conveyor belt used in production. 

This item was shipped to Costco and Sam’s Club retail locations nationwide.  There have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consumption of this product. 

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/lsi-inc--recalls-bbq-pork-jerky-product-due-possible-foreign-matter-contamination
LSI, Inc. Recalls BBQ Pork Jerky Product Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

LSI, Inc.

FSIS Announcement

WASHINGTON, October 24, 2025 – LSI, Inc., an Alpena, S.D. establishment, is recalling approximately 2,277,540 pounds of a ready-to-eat Korean barbecue pork jerky product that may be contaminated with pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.