Food safety recall round-up June 11-16, 2016
Packaging mix-up for Frito-Lay chips
USA: Frito-Lay announced a recall of select Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos tortilla chips because they may contain undeclared milk ingredients.
People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of a serious or life threatening allergic reaction if they eat the affected chips.
The recall came after it was discovered that some Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos tortilla chip bags were filled with Nacho Cheese Doritos tortilla chips at one of the company’s production facilities. These products contain different ingredients, exposing consumers to undeclared milk and other ingredients.
The products also includes undeclared ingredients including Yellow 5, Artificial Flavor, Tomato Powder, other Artificial Color (including Yellow 6 and Red 40), Lactic Acid, Citric Acid and Red and Green Bell Pepper Powder.
The impacted products are 3 1/8 oz. bags of Spicy Sweet Chili Doritos tortilla chips that have a “guaranteed fresh” date of August 9, a UPC code of 28400-42119 and a manufacturing code of 2711 152 05 or 2712 152 05.
Recalled products were distributed in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.