The Food Industry Counsel LLC has just published its review of how many food product recalls were issued by the FDA and USDA last year.
There were 438 recalls in total and the leading cause of these recalls was the presence of undeclared allergens and products being mislabeled. Almost half of the recalls, a total number of 218 products, contained ingredients such as wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, fish and other allergens that were not declared on the product label.