Watch out, Whole Foods shoppers! Willow Tree Poultry Farm has issued a recall of an estimated 440 pounds of tuna salad products sold at Whole Foods stores throughout Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey because the products were misbranded as Buffalo Style Chicken Salad.
Watch out, Whole Foods shoppers! Willow Tree Poultry Farm has issued a recall of an estimated 440 pounds of tuna salad products sold at Whole Foods stores throughout Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey because the products were misbranded as Buffalo Style Chicken Salad.
Considering the fact that tuna “is a known allergen,” this is kind of a big deal because tuna “was not declared on the product label.” Fortunately, there have been no reports of consumers experiencing adverse reactions after consuming the mislabeled products, and the company is taking steps to ensure a problem like this doesn’t happen again.
Walter Cekala, the president of Willow Tree, said in a recent statement:
“It was just a human error and we’re going to make sure this doesn’t happen again. We take food safety very seriously. Someone on our team is over there right now trying to find out how this happened — what link in the chain broke.”
So how was the problem discovered? How can consumers tell if they have one of the recalled products? For starters, the problem was found when a Whole Foods employee was unpacking the product. As for how consumers can tell if their product is part of the recall, well, all they have to do is check the establishment number. According to the USDA, the “products subject to recall bear establishment number “P-8827” inside the USDA mark of inspection.”
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Whole Foods recalls tuna salad that was labeled as chicken
Whole Foods recalls chicken salad for not having chicken in it
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