FDA issues warning to Whole Foods over allergy-related recalls
The FDA says that undeclared food allergens are the leading cause of Class I food recalls for the last three years. Author: TEGNA Updated: 2:52 PM MST December 22, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to Whole Foods Market over issues regarding misbranded food products.
The agency said over the past year, the grocery retailer has recalled more than 30 products after failures to list the presence of major food allergens on product labels. Those major food allergens include ingredients such as milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. The issue isn t limited to this year, as the FDA says it has noticed similar problems with labeling from previous years as well.
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Food regulators alerted the retailer they have noticed a pattern of food items being sold without labels alerting customers to allergens. (Lorraine Swanson/Patch)
AUSTIN, TX Federal food regulators recently sent Austin-based Whole Foods a warning letter accusing the retailer of participating in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale products that did not disclose allergens to customers.
Sent last Wednesday, the letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration explains the agency has analyzed patterns of recalls before zeroing in on the history of food recalls by the retailer. These recalls demonstrate that your corporation engaged in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale misbranded food products, wrote William A. Correll Jr., director of the agency s Office of Compliance Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. For the time period of October 2019 to November 2020, your firm recalled 32 food products due to undeclared allergen(s).