Category: Allergies
Seattle-based La Mexicana, Inc. is recalling its Solena Tortilla Chips because they contain milk and milk products not declared on the chip packaging. Solena Tortilla Chips are sold in clear, 16oz. bags that have the red, white, and green Solena label affixed to the front of the package. The recalled chips bear the code date [...]
LeClerc Foods is recalling one lot of its Market Pantry Chocolate Chip Chewy Chip Bars after it learned that the product had been mispackaged and packages may include the peanut-containing products Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bars and S’more Bars. As a result, packages of the Chocolate Chip Chewy Chip Bars in stores do not list peanuts in [...]
The Guangdayuan Brand Dried Sweet Potato has been recalled because it contains sulfites that are not declared on its list of ingredients. “People who have severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening reactions if they consume this product,” the distributor warns. The product, which is sold nationwide, is packaged in an un-coded, [...]
Seattle-based Triple B Corporation has issued a recall of its Charlie’s brand yogurt parfait products because they contain walnuts and almonds that are not included in the list of ingredients. “People who have allergies to walnuts or almonds run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products,” the company warns.
The maker of the top-selling Airborne cough and cold supplements has agreed to stop claiming its products prevent or treat colds, sore throats and allergies and to pay $7 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 33 states and the District of Columbia. In its complaint, Washington state alleged the company, Airborne Health, Inc., engaged [...]
A vegan cheese substitute marketed under the name Vegan Rella Cheddar Block has been recalled because it may contain milk protein. “People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk protein run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reaction if they consume this product,” the company warns.
Seattle’s Favorite Gourmet Cookies & Dessert Co is recalling its Orange Cranberry and Banana Nut Muffin Tops because they contain milk that is not declared on the list of ingredients. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they consume these products, [...]
Oregon gourmet food producer Harry & David is issuing a recall of Harry & David Moose Munch Confection, Milk Chocolate Gingerbread because some packages may contain pecans that are not declared on the package’s list of ingredients. “People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to pecans run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic [...]
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