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By Flynn Nicholls
US News Reporter
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A hummus product produced by Cedar's Mediterranean Foods Inc. has been recalled in ten states after being found to contain "foreign objects."
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday classified the recall as Class II, indicating that use or exposure to the product may cause temporary or medically reversible health consequences, with a remote likelihood of serious consequences.
The voluntary recall, initiated by the Massachusetts-based firm on October 9, involves 32-ounce containers of Member's Mark brand Roasted Red Pepper Hummus.
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It comes in 32-ounce plastic containers with a product code of 193968044268.
Affected units have best-if-used-by dates of November 21, 2024 (lot code 20I24) and November 23, 2024 (lot code 40I24).
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The recall includes 23,136 units distributed to stores in ten states: North Carolina, Texas, Ohio, New York, Georgia, Minnesota, Indiana, Virginia, Maryland, and Louisiana.
Newsweek has contacted Cedar's Mediterranean Foods via email for comment.
There have been several other recent FDA recalls because foreign objects, such as glass, metal, plastic or bone, were found in food and medical products.
In November, 3,600 cases of cinnamon rolls and cheese Danishes were recalled after being found to contain pieces of plastic.
In August, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a recall for more than 167,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken because of metal fragment contamination. The same month, potato salad pots were recalled because of the presence of hard plastics, which was also given a Class II risk definition by the FDA.
According to the FDA, "hard or sharp foreign objects in food may cause traumatic injury including laceration and perforation of tissues of the mouth, tongue, throat, stomach and intestine as well as damage to the teeth and gums."
However, it reports that foreign objects like plastic, bone or metal that are less than 7mm (0.28 inches) "rarely cause trauma or serious injury except in special risk groups such as infants, surgery patients, and the elderly."
When a recall is made by the FDA, risk classifications are used to delineate the seriousness of the risk to the public. A Class II recall falls between Class I, which is the most serious, and Class III, which is the least.
A Class I recall is issued when there is a "reasonable probability" that the use of or exposure to a product could "cause serious adverse health consequences or death." A Class III is awarded when "a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences."
Consumers who purchased the affected hummus should avoid using the product and return it to the point of purchase for a refund.
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