The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-2446-2012·Announced 2012-10-10

Sadie's Salads Macaroni Salad Recalled for Undeclared Allergens

Sadie's Salads is recalling Macaroni Salad tubs because the labels fail to declare wheat, soybean oil, and FD&C Yellow #5.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves allergen mislabeling on common allergens (wheat, soy), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Sadie's Salads is recalling 5 lb, 10 lb, and 30 lb plastic tubs of Macaroni Salad. The recall is due to product labeling that fails to declare allergens contained in the macaroni, salad dressing, and pickle relish used as sub-ingredients.

The specific undeclared allergens are wheat, soybean oil, and FD&C Yellow #5. The affected product has use-by dates up to and including September 13, 2012. Distribution was limited to Pennsylvania within the United States.

Consumers with this product should stop using it and contact the recalling firm for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Sadie's Salads Macaroni Salad, 5 lb, 10 lb and 30 lb plastic tubs
Manufacturer
Sadie's Salads

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 (2)

  • All product with use by date up to and including September 13
  • 2012

Distribution

Distributed in 1 state:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 10 recalled by Sadie's Salads 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 10 products in this recall →