Frito-Lay recalls lightly salted barbecue chips after another flavor containing milk allergens was mistakenly packed in the bag
- Frito-Lay recalled its 7.75-ounce bags of Lay’s Lightly Salted Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips after different chips were packed instead
- The barbecue chips don’t contain milk, but the other chips do, which may expose customers to undeclared dairy
- Bags have a ‘guaranteed fresh’ date of August 27, 2019 and were shipped to stores in 24 states
- However, no customer has reported suffering an adverse reaction
Frito-Lay is issuing a voluntary recall of one if its potato chip flavors from across the US after the wrong chips were packed in bags.
Lay’s Lightly Salted Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips don’t contain milk, but the flavor of chips that was accidentally put in the packages do.
According to a release from the Food and Drug Administration, the mislabeled products were shipped to stores in 24 states.
Health officials say consuming the chips could have led to a life-threatening allergic reaction, or even death, for those with a milk allergy.
Frito-Lay voluntarily recalled bags of Lay’s Lightly Salted Barbecue Flavored Potato Chips (pictured) after different chips, which contain undeclared dairy, were packed instead
According to the FDA, the recall was issued after it was discovered that bags of barbecue chips has been mistakenly filled with another flavor of potato chips.
It’s unclear what flavor these chips were, but they contain milk. Lightly salted barbecue flavored potato chips don’t, so it’s not listed on the ingredients label.
Luckily, no customer has reported suffering an adverse reaction from consuming the barbecue chips.
The chips were sold in 7.75-ounce bags and have a ‘guaranteed fresh’ date of August 27, 2019.
Recalled bags have a UPC code of ‘28400 63242’, which can be found on the bottom left side of the back of the bag.
They also have a nine-character manufacturing code below the ‘guaranteed fresh’ date that includes the numbers ‘2’ and ‘9’ as the second and third digits.
States affected by the recall include Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.
Customers are urged not to consume the chips and either throw them out or return them to the store where they were purchased.
Consumers with additional questions have been asked to call Frito- Lay Consumer Relations at (800) 352-4477 during business hours.
This is the latest in a series of recalls from food companies and supermarket chains due to undeclared allergens.
Choice Canning Company, a Pennsylvania-based company, recalled more than 35,000 pounds of chicken fried rice skillet meals in March after it failed to list milk as one of its ingredients on the label.
That same month, Conagra Brands, Inc – the parent company of Chef Boyardee – recalled nearly 3,000 pounds of food after beef ravioli was accidentally packed in the pots for rice with chicken and vegetables.
And, earlier this month, Whole Foods Market voluntarily recalled two of its specialty house-made pestos due to undeclared dairy and nuts.