This week's recalls: chocolate raisins that are actually peanuts, and nine more to check for
Check this one first: chocolate raisins that are peanuts
A 15-ounce bag of High Valley Orchard Chocolate Covered Raisins shipped to Albertsons stores between May 18 and June 25. Some of those bags hold chocolate covered peanuts. Same brand on the front, same clear plastic, the wrong candy inside.
This is the bag that gets poured into a snack cup without a second look, because the front of the package is telling the truth about everything except the part that matters. Lehi Valley Trading is recalling it. The lot number is 0160933, best by January 23, 2027, printed on the bottom right of the front label. If you have it, throw it out or take it back.
Four more US recalls to know
The USDA put the next one at Class I, its top severity. Reser’s Fine Foods recalled 5-pound tubs of Molly’s Kitchen California Style Pasta Salad because the tubs labeled pasta salad actually hold chicken salad, and chicken salad carries egg and milk that the label never lists. It went to foodservice in seven states (Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia). The tub reads USE BY JUL/16/26 430, establishment number P-00874, on the side.
Private Selection Honey Dijon Boneless Skinless Chicken Breasts, the 21-ounce vacuum pack from Kroger and Fred Meyer, got the wrong ingredient label on the back. The honey dijon marinade has egg in it, undeclared. Lot 15326A, best by June 28, sold in nine states. The USDA issued an alert instead of a recall because the product is past its date, but if one is still in the freezer the egg is still there.
Bear Stewart’s Bakr Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk cookie dough, the 8-ounce blue package in Target’s freezer aisle, may be S’mores dough that was packed into the wrong pouch, which brings soy the label does not mention. Sold in Southern California, Southern Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. The lot is 2606022, on the bottom left of the back.
Power Plate Meals recalled about 5,795 pounds of its Meatloaf with Garlic Mashed Potatoes, the 13.3-ounce trays, after a state inspector found soy left off the label. Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, with use-by dates running from June 25 this year out to June 2027.
Canada and the UK
Canada (CFIA): Ola-Ola Authentic Pounded Yam (IYANINSTANT), undeclared milk, Class 1. Salem Foods ground spices and blends, undeclared wheat, sesame, and mustard.
UK (FSA): Morrisons Maple & Bacon Back of the Net, undeclared milk. Morrisons Coronation Chicken Pasta, milk on a may-contain basis. Krispy Kreme’s Individual Pitch Perfect Doughnut and Match Day Dozen, undeclared hazelnut.
The pattern this week
Three of these ten are not the usual case of an ingredient left off the panel. They are a different food in the package than the label describes: peanuts in a raisin bag, chicken salad in a pasta-salad tub, S’mores dough in a brown-butter pouch. Nothing on the front warns you, because the front is describing the product it was meant to be. Those are the ones a careful label reader still misses.
The other seven are the ordinary kind, an ingredient that should have been on the panel and was not. Your usual habit catches those: read the label, every time, even on the thing you have bought for years.
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; the next one lands next week.
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.