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.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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 3/5 (High).
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
- Category
- Food — 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.
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