This week's recalls: fish hiding in a jar of kimchi, and four more to check for
Check this one first: fish hiding in a jar of kimchi
…And Kimchi branded kimchi, sold in 126-ounce, 63-ounce, and 30-ounce glass jars, is missing a declaration for fish. Ocinet, Inc. is recalling all lots across all three jar sizes, roughly 199,750 units, distributed to California, Texas, and Georgia. Fish is not an ingredient most households think to screen for in a jar of kimchi, which is exactly why this one is easy to miss.
This is a Class II recall, and because it covers every lot in every size, there is no lot number that clears it. If the jar on your shelf is the …And Kimchi brand, in any of the three sizes, it is part of the recall.
Three more US recalls to know
Second Nature Keto Crunch Smart Mix, the 10-ounce pouch, may contain undeclared cashews and pistachios. The recall notice also flags dried cherries turning up in the mix, though dried fruit is not an allergen and needs no label warning of its own. Second Nature Brand recalled 24,756 units, sold nationwide at retail and online, best if used by February 12, 2027.
Prospector Popcorn’s Belgian Chocolate Toffee popcorn, the 3.5-ounce bag, already carries a near-complete allergen statement: milk, tree nuts (almonds), wheat, and a shared-facility warning for gluten, nuts, dairy, and soy. The one thing it left off was soy, specifically soy lecithin. Prospector recalled 140 bags sold in Connecticut and New York, expiration dates between August 5 and October 24, 2026. It is a reminder that an otherwise-thorough label can still fail on the single ingredient it dropped.
The Brownie Baker’s cafe nouria blueberry muffin, 6 ounces, left walnuts off the label. The company recalled 3,888 units (432 cases), sold in Illinois, lot 6082.
Canada
Salem Foods ground spices and spice blends are missing declarations for wheat, gluten, and mustard. Class 1, CFIA’s top severity, updated May 1. This is a separate, earlier recall from the brand; a different Salem Foods spice recall followed in late June, with its own products and lots, so this notice does not cover that one.
The pattern this week
The kimchi recall’s scale dwarfs everything else here, nearly 200,000 units against a few hundred popcorn bags and a few thousand muffins, but scale is not the only signal worth watching. Prospector Popcorn’s label already named milk, tree nuts, and wheat and still missed soy, which is the more common failure: not a blank allergen statement, but an almost-complete one with a single gap. Salem Foods’ spice blend is the other familiar shape, wheat and mustard hiding in a ground-spice product, the kind of ingredient a recipe calls “seasoning” instead of naming outright.
Before you go
The recall notices, with photos and lot numbers, are linked on each product above. I run this sweep every week and post what an allergy household would actually want flagged.
Not medical advice. Every reaction is different, so follow the emergency action plan you built with your allergist; if you do not have one, that is the ask for your next visit. When a reaction is severe or you are not sure how bad it is, do not delay epinephrine, then call for help.