The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-2448-2012·Announced 2012-10-10

Sadie's Salads Vegetable Pasta Salad Recalled for Undeclared Wheat Allergen

Sadie's Salads is recalling No Sugar Vegetable Pasta Salad because the label fails to declare wheat, a major allergen, present in the rotini.

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 a common allergen (wheat), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Sadie's Salads is voluntarily recalling No Sugar Vegetable Pasta Salad in 4 lb and 8 lb plastic tubs. The recall is due to a labeling error where the product fails to declare wheat, a major allergen, which is contained in the rotini used as a sub-ingredient.

The affected products are those with a use-by date up to and including September 13, 2012. Distribution was limited to Pennsylvania within the United States.

Consumers who purchased this product should check their use-by dates and stop consuming it if it matches the recalled dates. Individuals with a wheat allergy or celiac disease should be particularly cautious. The FDA classifies this as a Class II recall, indicating a situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.

The recalled product

Product
Sadie's Salads No Sugar Vegetable Pasta Salad, 4 lb and 8 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 →