Salad topping recalled in 20 states just before Thanksgiving over wheat allergen concerns

A nutrient institution recalled a tortilla spot crockery topper that was distributed to stores successful 20 states due to the fact that they were contaminated with a wheat allergen.

Sugar Foods is recalling its 3.5 ounce bags of Fresh Gourmet Tortilla Strips Santa Fe Style, according to a Friday release from the Food and Drug Administration.

The recalled bags person a champion by day of June 20, 2025. Right beneath that is the UPC code, which is 7 87359 17504 6.

It's unclear however galore bags were taken disconnected shelves, but the products were distributed passim the state from September 30, 2024 to November 11, 2024.

According to the release, a lawsuit reached retired to Sugar Foods connected November 19 to fto them cognize the bags had crispy onions alternatively of tortilla strips. Those crispy onions person wheat, which isn't an constituent that is expected to beryllium successful the product.

'People who person a wheat allergy oregon terrible sensitivity to wheat tally the hazard of superior oregon life-threatening allergic absorption if they devour the product,' the FDA merchandise said.

No illnesses person been reported, the FDA said.

The recalled tortilla strips were sent to organisation centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia and Washington.

Those who bought the tortilla strips are urged to instrumentality them for a afloat refund oregon propulsion them away.

This comes aft respective high-profile recalls successful the past respective days.

Nearly 7 twelve carrot products person been recalled over fears of E.coli contamination, including those sold astatine Trader Joe's and Whole Foods. 

Among different stores affected were Wegmans, Target and Walmart, with the carrots sold connected their shelves betwixt August 14 and November 12.

Additionally, US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service expanded a callback of thousands of pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products from South Carolina-based Yu Shang Food, Inc.

This callback has been fixed FSIS's highest hazard level, Class I, which the FDA defines arsenic 'a concern successful which determination is tenable probability that the usage of oregon vulnerability to a violative merchandise volition origin superior adverse wellness consequences oregon death.'

The CDC reports 11 radical are infected and 9 person been hospitalized. One idiosyncratic - an babe - died. The affected radical unrecorded successful California, Illinois, New York and New Jersey.