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Agency classClass IOur severity:CriticalFDA (Food)·H-0517-2026·Announced 2026-02-25

Tuna salad recalled after being mislabeled with a chicken salad lid

Reser's Fine Foods is recalling 298 tubs of tuna salad that were mislabeled with a Molly Kitchen's Chicken Salad lid, leaving fish undeclared.

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 5/5 (Critical).

Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.

Our severity reasoning: Scored 5 because the FDA has classified this action as Class I, which the rubric maps directly to Critical.

Plain-English summary

A tuna salad product is being recalled by Reser's Fine Foods, Inc. The record states the tuna salad container is mislabeled with a chicken salad lid, which reads Molly Kitchen's Chicken Salad, 789953, net wt 5 LB (2.26 kg) per plastic tub, under UPC 7 5810830149 8, distributed by US Foods, Inc.

The reason given in the enforcement record is an undeclared fish allergen, tuna: the tuna salad was mislabeled as chicken salad.

The record lists 149 cases of 2 tubs per case, being 298 tubs in total, from lot 1410100754 with a use-by date of FEB/21/26. Distribution was to Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and Washington. The FDA has classified the action as Class I, its most serious category.

People with a fish allergy can have a reaction after eating a product containing fish when the label does not declare it, and here the label names a different product entirely. Consumers who have this product should not eat it and should follow the supplier's return instructions.

The recalled product

Product
The Tuna Salad product container is mislabeled with a Chicken Salad lid, which states: Molly Kitchen's Chicken Salad, 789953, NET WT. 5 LB (2.26 kg) per plastic tub. UPC 7 5810830149 8. Distributed by US Foods, Inc. Rosemont, IL 60018. The lid declares Contains: Eggs, Milk…

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)

  • Lot 1410100754 Use By FEB/21/26

Distribution

Distributed in 5 states:

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