In Minnesota, a company known as Michael Foods Inc. has issued a recall of over 4,600 pounds of liquid egg products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens. The products in question were produced on June 11 and are included in the recall. They are 32-oz paperboard cartons labeled “Fair Meadow Foundations Whole Eggs with Citric Acid” with a use-by date of “16 SEP 24” and lot code 4162G. These products were packaged within corrugated cases labeled Scrambled Egg Blend with the same use-by date and lot code.
In addition to these products, those with establishment number EST. G1455 are also being recalled. These products were distributed to restaurant consignees for institutional use in several states, including Alabama, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, and Utah. The issue was discovered during a routine carton inventory evaluation conducted by the establishment.
The USDA stated that the establishment notified FSIS upon discovering that a limited amount of Whole Egg with Citric Acid cartons was unaccounted for while there was an excess of Breakfast Blend Scrambled Egg cartons in inventory. It was later determined that the unaccounted Whole Egg with Citric Acid cartons were mistakenly used during a single short Breakfast Blend Scrambled Egg production run. The Breakfast Blend formulation contains an allergen – a dairy ingredient (milk) – which is not declared on the Whole Egg with Citric Acid label. Despite this misbranding and undeclared allergens, there have been no reports of adverse reactions from the consumption of these products.
