Trader Joe's Pocketful of Fiber Pita Bread, UPC 00945097

Middle East Bakery, INC. recalled Trader Joe's Pocketful of Fiber Pita Bread, UPC 00945097 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 Jan 30, 2015.

The FDA listed the reason as an undeclared allergen: "Product may contain undeclared soy." 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 "Product is picked up at Middle East Bakery by independent drivers that supply markets in their territory. The headquarters representative for each firm that potentially received product was notified as a result the downstream customers (retail stores) were notified by their corporate offices. The Josephs brand name products were distributed in markets in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and in the following stores: Market Basket, Stop & Shop, Shaws, Hannaford and Big Y. The Trader Joes products were distributed only in Trader Joe's stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C." A multi-state footprint means the same lot can surface in households far from the producer. The recalling firm is based in Lawrence, MA. The recall covers N/A of product. The FDA has Terminated this recall (first reported Apr 22, 2015), 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.