What’s New
After a global product development partner voluntarily recalled its Italian meatball dry mix last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its second highest risk classification over concerns of potential metal contamination.
The “Class II” classification comes after Griffith Foods Ltd, which specializes in food ingredients, initiated a recall of almost 26,000 pounds worth of its Italian meatball dry mix 40.84-pound bag on November 1. The product is distributed across Illinois, New York, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Texas, Tennessee and Georgia.
Newsweek has reached out to Griffith Foods Ltd for comment via email.
Why It Matters
This is not the only recall that the Illinois-based firm has issued in the last month, with three more of its items, including an adhesive breadcrumb mix, removed from distribution due to the “potential for pieces of metal” inside the products, according to multiple FDA recall reports…