This health risk affects around 8 million Americans, but the case may offer a teachable moment to us all.
If you don’t read food labels, the truth is, we all ought to. It’s not only beneficial to help you gauge how many additives, preservatives, or possible allergens are in a product, but it’s a habit that can also help surface your awareness of obvious ingredients the manufacturer may overlook in rare cases.
This week that appears to be true for some accounts or consumers in one mountain state. Salt Lake City-based Perfect Pasta, Incorporated, also referred to as Funaro’s Perfect Pasta, has reportedly had to pull 42 cases, each containing what appears be listed between one and 10 pounds, of ravioli from the market. A U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) report states the recalled product was made on January 19 of this year and recalled on February 8.
The frozen pasta was evidently labeled as “Lobster & Crab Ravioli”—certainly sounding like a decadent meal. But while it appears packaging readily called out the inclusion of “Wheat, Eggs, Milk, Crustaceans-Shellfish,” the FDA reports the company left off other critical ingredients, citing “Undeclared shrimp, crab, lobster, pollock (fish), whiting (fish), and soy” as the reason for the recall.
While the shelled crustaceans appear to have been noted on the packaging, pollock and whiting are two examples of finfish. For food allergists and their patients, these are often considered to run as a separate risk from shellfish.
Soy is also among the list of main food allergens.
The product packaging instructs users to consume the product within six months, but anyone with any food intolerance or allergy may be well advised to avoid this product. The FDA says it was distributed to “consignees in Utah only.”
The agency evidently has not yet assigned it with a risk level, though the recall is now marked as “completed.” A reported 6.6 million Americans suffer from a seafood allergy, according to National Library of Medicine data, and another 1.5 million to 1.9 million were estimated in 2021 to be allergic to soy.
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