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Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-1558-2022·Announced 2022-08-24

Albertsons Ready Meals Crab & Shrimp recalled for undeclared allergens

Albertsons ready-to-eat meals may contain undeclared fish, shellfish, egg, wheat, and soy allergens. Consumers with allergies should not consume and should return the product.

The agency’s classification

FDA (Food): Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: FDA Class I classification mandates a minimum severity score of 4. The product contains multiple undeclared common allergens that pose serious risk to allergic consumers, even though no illnesses have been reported to date.

Plain-English summary

Albertsons Companies LLC is recalling Ready Meals Crab & Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce due to undeclared allergens. The product contains fish, shellfish, egg, wheat, and soy, which are not declared on the label.

The recalled product is identified as: Ready Meals Crab & Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce, NET WT 12 OZ (340g), UPC 23253500000, with all sell-through dates up to and including July 18. The product was sold under multiple store banners including ACME, Albertsons, Andronico's Community Markets, Balducci's, Carrs-Safeway, Eagle, Jewel-Osco, King's, Pak N Save, Safeway, Shaw's, Star Market, and Vons.

The product has been distributed across a wide area of the United States, including Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., and Wyoming. No distribution outside the United States occurred.

Consumers who have purchased this product and have allergies to any of the undeclared allergens should not consume it and should return it to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Ready Meals Crab & Shrimp w/Ccktl SCE NET WT 12 OZ CAL 310 NET WT. 0lb 12oz (340g) ready2eat UPC 23253500000 Store Banners: ACME, Albertsons, Andronico s Community Markets, Balducci s, Carrs-Safeway, Eagle, Jewel-Osco, King s, Pak N Save, Safeway, Shaw s, Star Market, Vons

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (1)

  • All sell thru dates up to and including July 18

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 3 recalled by Albertsons Companies LLC under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

See all 3 products in this recall →

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