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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to Whole Foods for mislabeling food products for the presence of food allergens. Scary!
The government agencies said last week that the Amazon-owned grocery chain had not been labeling some products correctly, leading to a series of product recalls. Yikes!
Customers took to social media to express their frustration with the food chain’s handling of their allergy needs.
“Since John Mackey @WholeFoods is trending, a reminder that WF is one of the worst offenders when it comes to #foodallergy awareness,” Tweeted a rather unhappy customer on January 4th.
“Glad that @WholeFoods less than optimal #foodallergy awareness is being addressed by the FDA,” wrote another, referencing a vegan cookie incident they had previously experienced at the chain. “It has been a recurring problem for a lot of FA folks, many of whom rely on WF for allergy friendly foods.” This is bad!
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The office of the U.S. agency had issues a "warning letter" to the corporation after the company had recalled more than 30 food products over the last year where allergens were not listed correctly on product labels.
The misbranded food products were mainly from the deli and bakery sections.
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"Whole Foods is responsible for investigating and determining the causes of the violations identified and for preventing their recurrence," the FDA said in the letter issued to the company on December 16th.
The FDA also revealed that the company must respond within 15 working days from receipt of the letter with their specific action plan to address the violations.
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“We are working closely with the FDA to ensure all practices and procedures in our stores meet if not exceed food safety requirements,” Whole Foods said in a statement. Stay tuned!
