Frito-Lay is recalling 13-ounce luggage of its Lay’s Classic Potato Chips attributable to fears that they “could include undeclared milk” that may pose a “threat of a critical or life-threatening allergic response” to customers, in keeping with the Food and Drug Administration.
“Those with an allergy or extreme sensitivity to take advantage of run the danger of a critical or life-threatening allergic response in the event that they eat the recalled product,” the FDA mentioned in a discover that was posted on Monday.
The product recall impacts luggage of chips that have been distributed to retailers in Oregon and Washington state, in keeping with the FDA.
The chips that have been affected have been on sale since not less than Nov. 3. To date, there have been no allergic reactions reported, in keeping with the FDA.
The company mentioned that the affected product bears the UPC codes 28400 and 31041. The merchandise have a “assured contemporary” date of Feb. 11, 2025 and one of many following manufacturing codes — 6462307xx
or 6463307xx.
Consumers are being requested to contact Frito-Lay at 1-800-352-4477. Frito-Lay is a subsidiary of snacking and beverage conglomerate PepsiCo.
The Post has sought remark from PepsiCo.
The recall of Frito-Lay chips is the newest in a sequence of current incidents which have stoked widespread concern over meals security.
At least one individual died and 104 folks in 14 states fell unwell after an E. coli outbreak linked to onions that have been used to make McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
Last month, cucumbers shipped by Arizona-based provider SunFed Produce have been recalled throughout 26 states and Canada attributable to what well being officers suspected was a salmonella outbreak.
Salmonella was additionally blamed for a recall of hundreds of cartons of Costco eggs that have been grown on a farm in New York State and shipped to shops in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee.
At across the identical time, a frozen meals firm that makes waffles and pancakes bought at main US supermarkets together with Walmart, Kroger and Whole Foods expanded a recall of its merchandise attributable to fears of listeria contamination.
A listeria outbreak additionally prompted Boar’s Head, the producer of deli meats, to shutter a big Virginia manufacturing facility that was flagged for unsanitary situations by well being inspectors.
At least 10 folks died after reportedly consuming the contaminated deli meat.
In whole, there have been greater than 740 meals and beverage remembers this 12 months — greater than double the quantity reported in 2023 and almost triple the whole from 2022.
