Xtra Butter Microwave Popcorn bags packaged in cardboard boxes labeled to be Jolly Time Healthy Pop 100's Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Singles, 3 1.2 oz (34 g) Net Wt 4.8 oz (136 g), American Pop Corn Co. Sioux City, Iowa

American Pop Corn CO recalled Xtra Butter Microwave Popcorn bags packaged in cardboard boxes labeled to be Jolly Time Healthy Pop 100's Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Singles, 3 in a Class I action — the FDA's most serious tier, reserved for products with a reasonable probability of causing serious health consequences or death on May 12, 2021.

The FDA listed the reason as an undeclared allergen: "Buttered microwave popcorn bags were packaged inside a regular popcorn box which fails to declare the major food allergen milk." Allergen mislabeling is the leading cause of U.S. food recalls, because a missing declaration can trigger a reaction in someone who reads the label and believes the product is safe.

The product reached multiple states, recorded by the FDA as "Distributed to distribution centers in CA, IA, KS, NE, and UT for final retail store distribution to potentially AZ, CA, CO, ID, IA, KS, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, OR, SD, UT, WI and WY." A multi-state footprint means the same lot can surface in households far from the producer. The recalling firm is based in Sioux City, IA. The recall covers 286 cases of product. The FDA has Terminated this recall (first reported Jun 2, 2021), its final lifecycle state, indicating the agency considers the corrective action resolved. The historical record remains useful for tracking a brand's recall pattern over time.