As many new food items hit the supermarket shelves, several products are simultaneously being pulled from stores.
Starting off in the snack category, West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Salento Organics recently issued a recall of several dark chocolate covered snacks because they may contain undeclared milk, posing a risk to individuals with a milk allergy.
On March 23, Second Nature Brands recalled its four-ounce packages of Sheila G's Gluten-Free Reese's Pieces Brownie Brittle because it may contain undeclared wheat.
On March 24, Harper, Kan.-based meat packer Elkhorn Valley Packing announced a recall of 3,436 pounds of boneless beef chuck because it may be contaminated with E.coli.
In mid-March, plant-based meat giant Impossible Foods recalled its frozen Impossible Chicken Nuggets and Impossible Wild Nuggets after the company learned that small pieces of wood were found in some of the 13.5-ounce packages.
On March 17, the FDA announced that Scenic Fruit Company recalled two types of frozen fruit because of a hepatitis A outbreak.
Another coffee product may also be contaminated with foreign objects. On Feb. 17, Costco shared a notice from Berner Food & Beverage, which announced that the company and the FDA are recalling specific code dates of Kirkland Signature's Cold Brew Coffee because bolts may be found in the cans.
On Feb. 26, New York City-based Kawasho Foods USA Inc. recalled one lot of canned Geisha Medium Shrimp "because of reported swelling, leaking, or bursting cans."