Food Safety

Utz potato chips recalled due to undeclared soy

Barbeque chips were distributed to retail outlets in several states

Utz Quality Foods, LLC, has voluntarily recalled select expiration dates of Utz Carolina Style Barbeque Potato Chips due to undeclared soy.

The items subject to recall are Utz 2.875- and 7.5-oz. Carolina Style Barbeque Potato chips. The 2.875-oz. packages have a UPC code of 0-41780-00153-5 and expiration dates from Oct. 6 to Oct. 20. The 7.5-oz. packages have a UPC code of 0-41780-00049-1 and expiration dates from Aug. 18 to Oct. 27. The items were distributed to retail outlets in Alabama; Arkansas; Colorado; Connecticut; Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Louisiana; Massachusetts; Maryland; Maine; Mississippi; North Carolina; Nebraska; New Hampshire; New Jersey; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Rhode Island; South Carolina; Tennessee; Texas; Utah; Virginia; Vermont; Washington; D.C.; and West Virginia.

The recall was initiated after the company learned some packages were mislabeled. There have been no illnesses reported to date.

For further information, contact Utz at customerservice@utzsnacks.com or call 1-800-367-7629 M-F, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Eastern Time.

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Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.