A tortilla product recall potentially affecting 22 states was issued on November 22 due to a contamination of undeclared wheat allergen.
The recall is for 3.5-ounce pouches of Fresh Gourmet Tortilla Strips Santa Fe Style, with UPC 7 87359 17504 6 and best-by date June 20, 2025.
Sugar Foods said that people with wheat allergies or severe sensitivity to wheat could be at risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume the product.
The firm said it was contacted by a consumer stating the pouches contained Crispy Onion Strips instead of the Tortilla Strips as advertised on the packaging.
The Crispy Onion Strips contain wheat, which is not listed on the label for Tortilla Strips, it said.
As of Friday, no illnesses had been reported.
The product was distributed between September 30 and November 11. It was shipped to distribution centers in 20 states, which include:
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Georgia
- Iowa
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Maryland
- Maine
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- North Carolina
- New Jersey
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
The company has urged consumers who have purchased the products to discard them or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.
Newsweek has contacted Sugar Foods for comment via email outside of standard working hours on Saturday.
In a separate story, a high-risk recall was expanded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service to include an extra 67,000 pounds of meat and poultry products over possible contamination with listeria bacteria.
The recall was given a Class I risk level, the service's highest risk level, defined by the Food and Drug Administration as "a situation in which there is reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death."
According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates, listeria is the third leading cause of death from foodborne illness in the country, infecting approximately 1,600 people, and killing 260 each year.
In a separate recall, F&S Fresh Foods issued a voluntary recall of two organic carrot products due to potential contamination with Escherichia coli (E. coli), Newsweek reported on Friday.
The recall was initiated after F&S Fresh Foods, based in Sacramento, California, was notified by Grimmway Farms that whole organic carrots supplied to F&S Fresh Foods may be contaminated with Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O121:H19.
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