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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).
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Whole Foods Market after a series of recalls involving allergens that the grocery chain did not disclose on ingredient labels.
The Austin-based grocery chain has recalled more than 30 food products in the past year because of undisclosed allergens, the agency said. The FDA said there were similar patterns of recalls in recent years. These recalls demonstrate that your corporation engaged in a pattern of receiving and offering for sale misbranded food products, the FDA letter said.
The letter said Whole Foods, which is owned by e-commerce giant Amazon, has 15 days to respond with its plans for preventing future recalls.