A dry seasoning in your pantry may be under an active FDA recall right now — and the lot code is the part that tells you whether it stays or goes. This is Food Recall Watch. We’re starting with the Blackstone Products Parmesan Ranch Seasoning recall in an FDA notice dated May 15th — and let’s get the lot code and package size out cleanly first. And I want to say this up front: some of today’s rundown is stale. There’s a Nestle European formula story from January, there are pet food items with no date anchor — so let’s separate what’s actually new from what’s just old material in a fresh outfit. One confirmed FDA notice. One clear action item. That’s the first thing that matters this week. From FDA:
Blackstone Products of Providence, Utah is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Blackstone Parmesan Ranch seasoning products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. Blackstone’s action is based on a California Dairies, Inc. recall of dry milk powder due to potential Salmonella contamination. The affected milk powder ingredient was supplied to a third-party manufacturer and used in the seasoning product. No illnesses have been reported to date.
Fresh FDA notice, dated May 15th: Blackstone Products of Providence, Utah is voluntarily recalling its Parmesan Ranch seasoning because of potential Salmonella contamination — and the source is a California Dairies, Inc. dry milk powder that made its way in through a third-party manufacturer. No illnesses reported as of that notice date. California Dairies dry milk powder. That’s the upstream supplier chain we flagged on May 12th, so now the cascade has gone from chips and snack seasonings into a griddle seasoning brand. If you skipped the snack aisle story because you don’t buy flavored corn snacks, check the spice rack too. The FDA notice names Blackstone and Parmesan Ranch seasoning — and I want the lot codes and package sizes on record the minute the full notice is indexed, because this is exactly the kind of dry-pantry item people keep around for months. The FDA recall page is where to look, and as of Thursday it was live. Which is the problem: in this summary we’ve got the product name and the contamination chain, but not the UPC, not the lot code, not the sell-by window. Same gap Cassidy called out on the Fly By Jing sesame noodles recall — the FDA notice is the source, and until it gives you those identifiers, nobody standing in front of a spice drawer can make the call. This one's from The Edge CEO Morning Brief:
Nestle recalled batches of its SMA, BEBA and NAN products in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Switzerland and Britain, warning of the possible presence of cereulide, a toxin produced by some strains of the Bacillus cereus bacterium.
Quick flag on the Nestle infant formula story before anybody goes searching: that article is dated January 6th, 2026 — four and a half months ago. The SMA, BEBA, and NAN recalls it describes were in Europe, and if you want current status, go to the European Food Safety Authority and Nestle’s own recall page, not this morning’s rundown. And it’s Monday. The newest FDA item we have is from Thursday the 15th. A January story about a European formula recall does not fill that gap — it just papers over it. Fair. And it’s worth saying plainly: if you’re a U.S. listener, there is no action item here today. We’re not going to dress up a four-month-old overseas story as current news. Here's Niles Animal Hospital and Bird Medical Center:
The problems with pet food recalls continue. Please share this information with your friends who have pets. Diamond Pet Foods has added cat food to its recall list due to possible salmonella contamination. The newly recalled products are Kirkland Signature Super Premium Maintenance Cat Chicken & Rice Formula and Kirkland Signature Super Premium Healthy Weight Cat Formula dry cat food.
I want to flag this one carefully: the source is a veterinary hospital blog, not an FDA or USDA recall notice, and there’s no date, no lot code, and no sell-by window attached to either Kirkland Signature product named. That’s the Kirkland brand-burial problem in one sentence. Somebody buying a fifty-pound bag of Kirkland Signature cat food at Costco has no reason to connect it to a Diamond Pet Foods salmonella recall — different name on the bag, no lot code to check, nothing actionable. Compare it with the Albright’s Raw Pet Food notice we’ve been tracking — confirmed lot code C001730, Best By April 28, 2027, FDA notice on record. That’s the bar, and this Kirkland item doesn’t clear it without an official Diamond or FDA recall page citation. Three days this week I’ve asked which lot codes, which retailers, toss or return — and this story is the clearest example yet that it’s not just a single-item gap, it’s structural. The recall exists, Costco shoppers are exposed, and the identifying information simply isn’t here. The Global Miller, with Martin Little:
Merrick Pet Care, of Amarillo, Texas, is recalling all batches of Jr. Texas Taffy Pet Treats because they may be contaminated with Salmonella. Manna Pro Family Farm Complete Horse 10 horse feed is being recalled because certain lots contain monensin sodium or Rumensin. Rumensin is a medication that has been approved for use with livestock and poultry, but can be fatal to horses.
We’re flagging this for what it is: the Global Miller piece covers a Merrick Pet Care and Manna Pro recall, but the sale window in the article is January 11 through January 21, 2011 — so we’re talking about fifteen years ago. No current lot codes, no active FDA notice number, no updated case count. So we’re looking at a 2011 archive post with no date stamp on it, and it’s sitting in today’s rundown next to a May 15 FDA notice. That’s the dead-air problem right there — no lot codes, no states beyond California, Nevada, and Oregon from a decade and a half back, nothing a listener can act on today. If you’ve seen Merrick or Manna Pro come across your feed recently, the place to check is FDA dot gov’s recall database directly — not this item. It doesn’t belong in the active pile. If Food Recall Watch helps you stay a little more aware at the grocery store, take a moment to subscribe or leave a review wherever you’re listening. Reviews help other people find the show, too.
We’ve put links to every recall and safety notice from today’s episode in the show notes. If one affects something in your kitchen, workplace, or shopping list, you can open the source there and read the full details.
That’s Food Recall Watch for today. This is a Lantern Podcast.