A tortilla recall potentially affecting 22 states was issued on November 22 due to contamination with an undeclared wheat allergen.

The recall involves 3.5 ounce bags of Fresh Gourmet Santa Fe Style Tortilla Strips, bearing UPC 7 87359 17504 6 and a best before date of June 20, 2025.

Sugar Foods said that people who are allergic to wheat or very sensitive to wheat may be at risk of serious or even fatal allergic reactions if they consume the product.

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The company said it was contacted by a consumer who said the bags contained crispy onion strips instead of the tortilla strips as advertised on the package.

Crispy onion strips contain wheat, which is not listed on the tortilla strips label, it says.

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As of Friday, no illnesses had been reported.

The product was distributed between September 30 and November 11. It was shipped to distribution centers in 20 states, including:

• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Maryland
• Maine
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• North Carolina
• New Jersey
• Ohio
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Texas
• Utah
• Virginia
• Washington

The company urged consumers who purchased the products to throw them away or return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

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News week contacted Sugar Foods for comment via email outside of normal business hours on Saturday.

In a separate story, a high-risk recall was expanded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to include an additional 67,000 pounds of meat and poultry products during this period. possible contamination by listeria bacteria.

The recall was assigned a Class I risk level, the service’s highest risk level, defined by the Food and Drug Administration as “a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that use of or exposure to a infringing product causes serious harm to health or death.”

According to estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, listeria is the third leading cause of foodborne illness death in the country, infecting about 1,600 people and killing 260 each year.

In a separate recall, F&S Fresh Foods issued a voluntary recall of two organic carrot products due to potential contamination by Escherichia coli (E.coli), News week reported Friday.

The recall was initiated after F&S Fresh Foods, based in Sacramento, California, was informed by Grimmway Farms that whole organic carrots supplied to F&S Fresh Foods may be contaminated with substances that produce Shiga toxin. E.coli O121:H19.

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