Put those chips down again! Some snacks you just shouldn’t eat for the time being.
It’s been a challenging year for consumers. Each month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has halted food-and-drug related items for purchase.
Most of the recalls are contamination or allergen-based.
While 2025 is near, there are still callbacks to be aware of. Here is a list of December recalls according to the FDA.
FDA recalls: Here’s a list of what was pulled from stores in December 2024
The FDA removed the following items from store shelves in December:
- 4Earth Farms vegetable medleys and whole organic carrots: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (E. coli).
- Baker Farms curly mustard greens: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — Listeria monocytogens.
- Crazy Fresh and More cucumbers and salads with kit: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
- PAM PAK whole fresh American cucumbers: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
- Marketside cut cucumber slices: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
- Blue Ridge Beef puppy mix: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
- Snowfruit, Snowfox multiple products with cucumbers: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
- Atkinson’s hushpuppies with onions, hushpuppies: Recalled for potential or undeclared milk allergen.
- Supreme Produce multiple items with cucumbers: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
- Yummi Sushi multiple sushi products with cucumber: Recalled for potential foodborne illness — salmonella.
- F&S Fresh Foods Mediterranean-inspired party tray: Recalled for potential contamination with salmonella.
- Fresh Creative Foods the beef & lamb gyro sandwich express meal kits: Recalled for potential contamination with salmonella.
- Dairy Land Produce LLC whole cucumbers: Recalled for potential contamination with salmonella.
- MadeGood granola bars: Recalled for potential metal contaminant.
- Borsari bloody mary mix: Recalled for potential or undeclared soy and fish allergen.
- Sprouts Farmers Market gyro family kit: Recalled for potential contamination with salmonella.
- Daily Veggies enoki mushrooms: Recalled for potential contamination with listeria monocytogenes.
- Connie’s thin crust cheese frozen pizza, 20.36oz: Recalled for potential metal or chemical contaminant.
- VidaSlim Brand 90-day, 30-day and 7-day Original Root, Root Plus, and Root Capsules & VidaSlim Hot Body Brew Dietary Supplements: Product contains toxic yellow oleander.
- Buy-herbal.com Nhan Sam Tuyet Lien Truy Phong Hoan dietary supplement capsules: Product was an unapproved drug.
- Cal Yee’s, Cal Yee Farm, Boa Vista Orchards nut and snack products: Recalled for potential or undeclared almond, milk, soy, wheat, sesame, and FD&C #6 allergen.
- Force Forever dietary supplement: Product contains undeclared diclofenac and dexamethasone.
- Fouzee SugarLin herbal formula herbal dietary supplement: Product contains undeclared Metformin and Glyburide.
- Lay’s potato chip: Recalled for potential or undeclared milk allergen.
- Orgain 30g Plant Protein Complete Protein Powder – Chocolate: Product may contain undeclared peanut.
- Taste of Deutschland frozen buttered vegetables, carrots, peas, cauliflower, & corn: Recalled for undeclared milk allergen.
- Par Pharmaceutical Adrenalin® Chloride Solution (EPINEPHrine nasal solution, USP): This product is an unapproved drug.
- Jose Madrid chipotle con queso salsa: Recalled for undeclared Yellow 5 and Yellow 6.
What is salmonella? What are salmonella symptoms?
Salmonella is a type of bacteria that can cause an infection called salmonellosis. It is commonly found in contaminated food or water, particularly in raw or undercooked meat, poultry, eggs, and sometimes fruits and vegetables. People infected with salmonella typically experience symptoms such as diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps and vomiting, usually within six hours to six days after exposure.
Most healthy people recover without treatment, but severe cases can occur, especially in young children, elderly people and those with weakened immune systems. In such cases, hospitalization and antibiotics may be required. Preventing salmonella infection involves proper food handling, cooking and hygiene practices.
What should customers do if they have a recalled product in their home?
It’s good to be aware if you recently purchased a recalled product. There are steps to follow if you do have these products in your home. According to FoodSafety.gov, here is what you should do.
- Don’t panic: The majority of food recalls are not directly linked to an outbreak of foodborne illness. Instead, many recalls are initiated due to the potential risk of contamination in the food product. In such cases, food manufacturers often issue a recall as a preventive measure to safeguard consumers.
- Don’t eat the food or consume the drug: To ensure your safety, refrain from consuming any recalled food products. Always prioritize caution over convenience. Additionally, please refrain from donating the recalled food to food banks or providing it to your pets, as they are also susceptible to food poisoning.
- Don’t open the food: To prevent foodborne illnesses, refrain from opening and inspecting food. Bacteria and viruses responsible for such illnesses are invisible, odorless, and tasteless. If you do handle the product, ensure you thoroughly cleanse your hands with warm water and soap for 20 seconds afterward.
- Check the recall notice to find out what to do with the food: Upon a food product recall by a manufacturer, specific instructions are provided regarding the product’s handling. These instructions generally entail one of the following actions: Return the product to the original store of purchase for a refund. Safely dispose of the product to prevent consumption by humans or animals, particularly if the product has been opened.
