FDA

Emma Camp | 11.13.2024 3:39 PM

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled almost 80,000 pounds of Costco's popular store-brand butter due to a crucial labeling error. While the butter listed "cream" as an ingredient, the packaging lacked a critical allergen warning alerting consumers that butter contains milk.

That's right, Costco had to waste 40 tons of perfectly good butter because shoppers apparently don't know that butter contains milk.

FDA rules require food manufacturers to state whether their products contain or may have come into contact with major allergens, including milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, sesame, and soybeans. According to the FDA, 46,800 pounds........

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