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The food and beverage recalls in May 2025
It probably seems like every day you’re reading a new headline about a recalled food itemâbe it onions on McDonald’s hamburgers, baby carrots, or Boar’s Head cold cuts. You’re not imagining that influx.
According to a February 2025 report from the compliance company Traceone, the total number of food recalls issued by the Food and Drug Administration and the Department of Agriculture grew by 15% between 2020 and 2024. Experts suggest this could be due to various factors, including advancements in technology for identifying harmful pathogens and challenges with staffing and sanitation at manufacturing plants.
In the United States, the FDA and the USDA have many regulations that food manufacturers must comply with. When a noncompliant product makes it to stores’ shelves, restaurants, or Americans’ homes, the manufacturer typically issues a recall. Then, the FDA, in most cases, and the USDAâin cases involving meat, poultry, and egg productsâwork to alert the public about any items that may be in their pantries or refrigerators and could be unsafe to consume.
Food recalls are issued for a wide range of reasons, including foodborne pathogens, mislabeled allergens, or contamination with foreign material. The FDA maintains a real-time list of active food recallsâin May 2025 alone, the FDA issued multiple recall notices tied to a Salmonella outbreak among cucumbers, affecting produce sold at Walmart, Albertsons, Tops, Weis, and more.
Of course, following these alerts can be overwhelming at best and concerning at worst. The public’s perception of the federal government’s ability to keep America’s food supply safe reached a 25-year low in 2024, according to Gallup data. Based on their latest poll last year, 28% of U.S. adults don’t have much confidence in the government’s ability to keep the food supply safe, and an additional 14% have no confidence at all. The majority (57%) said they have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence, but that’s down 11 percentage points from Gallup’s 2019 survey five years prior.
To help keep you aware of recent recalls, Stacker compiled a list of all food and beverage recalls issued by the FDA each month. It’s important to note that only particular batches of foods and beverages are typically recalled; you can check the FDA’s site for details on which specific batches are affected, based on the Universal Product Code located on the packaging.
Read on to learn more about what you should be wary of this month, as of May 30, 2025.
Editor’s note: Images in this article were provided by the FDA. If no image was provided or if the image quality was low, a stock image was used instead.
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Breading and batter mix
– Brand: Shore Lunch
– Recall reason: Undeclared milk
– Recall date: May 29, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Salads and pasta salads containing cucumbers
– Brand: Kings, Isabelle’s Kitchen Inc., Maple Avenue Foods
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 29, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Fresh cucumbers, salad, and vegetable trays
– Brand: Supreme Produce
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 28, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Salads, salsas, and other products containing cucumbers
– Brand: East Coast Fresh, Tops, Wellsley Farms, Weis, Ahold, Jack and Olive, Created Fresh, Spring and Sprout
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 27, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Atlantic salmon with seafood stuffing
– Brand: Aldi
– Recall reason: Undeclared soy
– Recall date: May 24, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Greek salads
– Brand: Ready Meals & Star Market
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 23, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Salads, vegetable trays, noodles, and sushi products
– Brand: Snowfruit & Snowfox
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 23, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Cucumber slices
– Brand: Marketside
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 23, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Baby food pouches
– Brand: Publix
– Recall reason: Possible contamination with elevated levels of lead
– Recall date: May 22, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Marinated cucumber salad
– Brand: Ukrop’s
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 22, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Subs, wraps, and paninis
– Brand: Big Y Foods
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 22, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Breads, bagels, caramel bars, cookies, and croutons
– Brand: New Grain Gluten Free Bakery
– Recall reason: Undeclared egg, tree nuts, soy, and milk
– Recall date: May 22, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Whole cucumbers
– Brand: PennRose Farms
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 22, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Cucumbers
– Brand: Bedner Growers
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 20, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Croissants and croissant buns
– Brand: Madeline’s Pâtisserie
– Recall reason: Undeclared wheat
– Recall date: May 20, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Instant milk tea powder
– Brand: RM Refresher
– Recall reason: Undeclared milk
– Recall date: May 19, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Vegetable singara
– Brand: Bengal King
– Recall reason: Undeclared peanut
– Recall date: May 16, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Doda (Afghani cornbread)
– Brand: Ariana
– Recall reason: Undeclared sesame and wheat
– Recall date: May 14, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Rice mixes, soups, spice mixes, porridge mix, and papads and vadam products
– Brand: Nature Mills
– Recall reason: Undeclared wheat, milk, and sesame
– Recall date: May 13, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Yogurt parfaits
– Brand: Bonya
– Recall reason: Undeclared tree nuts (almonds)
– Recall date: May 12, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Ready-to-eat sandwiches and snack items
– Brands: Fresh & Ready Foods, Fresh Take Crave Away, and City Point Market Fresh Food to Go
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes
– Recall date: May 11, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Jumbo pumpkin seeds
– Brand: Organic Traditions
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 8, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Snack mix
– Brand: New England Village Snacks
– Recall reason: Undeclared almonds and sesame
– Recall date: May 6, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Baked beans
– Brand: Yellowstone
– Recall reason: Undeclared soy
– Recall date: May 5, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Licorice plum
– Brand: President Brand
– Recall reason: Undeclared sulfites and unallowed color (amaranth, E123)
– Recall date: May 5, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Tomatoes
– Brand: Ray & Mascari Inc.
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 3, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Tomatoes
– Brand: H&C Farms Label
– Recall reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella
– Recall date: May 2, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
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Monkfish liver
– Brand: Ankimo
– Recall reason: Potential undeclared milk
– Recall date: May 1, 2025
Read more about this recall on the FDA website.
