Christmas is a time for eating and snacking. While everyone is at home enjoying the holidays, you can stock up on all foods – pre-cooked or vegetables.

Holiday shoppers should be aware of the ongoing recalls of certain dishes that may be served at family gatherings during the holiday season as they browse the aisles for ingredients this week.

Food recalls can occur for a variety of reasons, such as the presence of unidentified ingredients that may cause an allergic reaction or the possibility of bacterial contamination such as Salmonella or E. coli.

Popular items for appetizers, entrees, sides, holiday drinks and desserts are among the recalled foods that could be served at holiday dinners.

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Ongoing food recalls in the US for Christmas week 2024

Costco eggs

Last month, a voluntary recall of Handsome Brook Farms’ 24 organic, pastured eggs marketed under the Kirkland Signature brand was initiated due to possible salmonella contamination. 25 Costco locations in Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee received the eggs.

The subject of the recall are eggs with the Julian number 327 and a best-before date of January 6, 2025, packaged in plastic cartons. The package also includes UPC 9661910680.

Lay’s Classic Potato Chips

After discovering that some bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips may have contained unreported milk, Frito-Lay announced a recall last week. Oregon and Washington were the two states where the products were sold.

The date on the recalled chips is February 11, 2025, with UPC 28400 31041 and a Guaranteed Fresh date of February 11, 2025 and either manufacturing code 6462307xx or 6463307xx.

MadeGood muesli bars

Several MadeGood granola bar varieties have been recalled because they may contain metal fragments that could endanger consumer safety. The recalled varieties include:

• Chocolate Drizzled Birthday Cake Granola Bars,
• Chocolate Drizzled Cookie Crumble Granola Bars,
• Muesli bars with chocolate chips,
• Mixed berry muesli bars,
• strawberry muesli bars,
• cookies and cream granola bars,
• chocolate banana muesli bars,
• Vanilla granola bars drizzled with chocolate

Only items with certain Universal Product Codes (UPCs) and best-before dates are affected by the recall; these are all included in the FDA notice.

Connie’s Thin Crust Cheese Frozen Pizza

More than 1,700 units of Connie’s Thin Crust Cheese Frozen Pizzas have been recalled as of December 13 due to a “possible foreign plastic contamination.”

The pizzas are no longer for sale, although they were distributed to stores in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. Its batch number is MR199856 and its best before date is November 27, 2024.

Yu Shang Food meat products

Baker Farms curly mustard greens were recently recalled due to possible Listeria contamination, which can lead to foodborne illness. Nine Southern states sell 16-ounce packages affected by the recall. Its lot code is bak144-6806, its universal product code (UPC) is 8 13098 02018 4, and its best before date is November 21, 2024.

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Today, food recalls are an unavoidable aspect of customers’ lives. Even companies that promote best food safety practices occasionally produce meals that pose a risk to customer safety, whether due to the presence of an unreported allergen or the presence of infectious microorganisms. Therefore, manufacturers remove products from stores and issue recalls to warn consumers not to consume them if they learn or believe a product is dangerous.

Be sure to go through the products you are purchasing or have already purchased. Be safe out there!