Class ITerminated · reported 2014-12-24

Taco Seasoning Packets sold under the following brands, container size, and or as part…

B&G Foods North America, Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 24 December 2014 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.

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Product: Taco Seasoning Packets sold under the following brands, container size, and or as part of a dinner Kit: 1. Ortega 1.25 oz, UPC 39000-00820; 2. Ortega 3-pack, 3.75 oz. UPC 39000-00821; 3. Ortega Foodservice 5 lb. UPC 39000-00860 and 9 oz. 39000-00861; 4. Las Palmas 3-pack 3.75 oz. UPC 41501-79811 and (Canada) 106 g. UPC 41501-79812; 5. Ortega Taco Dinner Kit 10 oz., UPC 39000-00805; 6. Ortega Taco Dinner Kit 16.7 oz., UPC 39000-00818; 7. Ortega Soft Taco Dinner Kit 15.2 oz., UPC 39000-01012; 8. Ortega Whole Grain Taco Kit 9.15 oz., UPC 41501-00806; 9. Ortega "Tacos for Two" Kit 5 oz., UPC 41501-00832 and (Canada) 144 g. UPC 41501-00882; 10. Ortega Whole Wheat Soft Taco Kit 13.6 oz., UPC 41501-01014; 11. Ortega Grande Hard & Soft Taco Dinner Kit 15.9 oz., UPC 41501-01015; 12. Ortega Whole Grain/Whole Wheat Hard & Soft Taco Kit 15.9 oz., UPC 41501-01058; 13. Ortega Fiesta Flats Kit 9.8 oz., UPC 41501-08351;
UPC: 3900000820
Reason for recall: Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.
Recalling firm: B&G Foods North America, Inc
Firm location: Parsippany, New Jersey, United States
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0735-2015
Quantity: 7,201,809 cases total
Distribution: Nationwide and Worldwide to include: Bermuda, Canada, Dominican Republic, Dubai, Guam, Haiti, Honduras, Israel, New Zealand, Panama, Philippines, Singapore, Trinidad, United Kingdom.
Initiated: 14 November 2014
Reported by FDA: 24 December 2014
Terminated: 14 April 2015
Firm notified by: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Product codes: Best By Date Range: May 18, 2015 - Nov 3, 2016

Reading this record

Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.

Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
This is one of 7 records covering the same recall event. The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so a recall of a product line appears here many times. Counting these records as 7 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 7. All 7 of them are listed on this page.
The recall ran for 5 months, from 14 November 2014 to termination on 14 April 2015. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
The FDA published the enforcement report 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of a spice or seasoning run a median of 6 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Spices are a low-moisture, globally sourced, minimally processed ingredient that is added after any kill step, which is the combination that makes Salmonella in a spice lot capable of contaminating every product it was blended into.

Filed under spices and seasonings and grains, flour and pasta. A product can sit in more than one.

Every product in this recall

The FDA opened 7 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 6 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.

The other 6 records of FDA event 69770
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2014-12-24	Ortega Taco Sauce - Hot 8 oz, UPC 39000-00891, 16 oz. UPC 41501-01895.	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I
2014-12-24	Ortega Green Taco Sauce - Mild 8 oz, UPC 41501-00897, 16 oz. UPC 41501-00907.	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I
2014-12-24	Ortega Enchilada Sauce 8 oz., UPC 41501-00898	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I
2014-12-24	Ortega 40% Less Sodium Taco Seasoning 1.25 oz., UPC 41501-00824	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I
2014-12-24	Taco Sauce - Mild sold under the following brands: 1. Ortega 8 oz, UPC 39000-00890, 16 oz. UPC 39000-01893; 2. Las Palmas 8 oz. UPC 41501-79890 and (Canada) 226 g. UPC 41501-79990.	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I
2014-12-24	Ortega Taco Sauce - Medium 8 oz, UPC 39000-01892, 16 oz. UPC 39000-01894.	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I

Other spices and seasonings recalls

These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2026-09-02	Clear glass bottle with black screw lid with multi label which reads in part as "*AFRICANDO FOODS, LLC ALFREDO HOT SAUCE, Net Weight 8 oz. INGREDIENTS: Habenaro Peppers, Garlic, Onions, Water, Distilled 5% White Vinegar, SpicesManufactured and Packed By Africando Foods, LLC 1121S Gilbert Ct. Iowa City, IA 52240*"	Africando Foods LLC	Labeling, wheat not listed as sub ingredient of chicken bouillon (minor ingredient), and soybean oil missing from ingredient list	Unclassified
2026-09-02	Sirna & Sons Produce PEPPER JALAPENO BREAK 1LB, repackaged into 1 lb. plastic bags, Product Number: 55255, Packed by Sirna & Sons Produce 7176 State Route 88, Ravenna, OH 44266, distributed for food service use only	Sirna and Sons Produce, Inc	Potential Salmonella Javiana contamination	Class I
2026-08-26	Dairyland Produce, LLC Pepper Jalapeno, repackaged into the following sized clear plastic bags: 1. 1 lb., item number 01213, UPC 0009907729 2. 3 lbs., item number 02611, UPC 0009902703; 3. 5 lbs., item number 72618, UPC 0009900168; and 4. 10 lbs., item number 71537, UPC 0009900167. Only the 5 lb. packaging is available to consumers and retail stores.	Dairyland Produce, LLC	Jalapenos may be contaminated with Salmonella.	Class I
2026-08-26	VITASIA ASIAN STYLE WOK SPICE MIX NET WT 1.58 OZ (45g) UPC 4 335619 355491 DISTRIBUTED BY LIDL US, LLC ARLINGTON, VA 22202 PRODUCT OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC	Lidl US TRADING	Salmonella. The firm received a positive test result of Salmonella in the product.	Class I
2026-08-26	Jalapeno Pepper packaged in bulk generic Coast Tropical cardboard packaging. Packaged in assorted bulk package sizes (10lbs, 40lbs, 35lbs, 20lbs, 38lbs 1 1/9 Bushel) ; Product of MX; Coast Tropical TX UPCs 73296608113; 73296600558; 73296610927; 73296600559; 732966107055; 02060042710	Coast Citrus Distributors	Potential Salmonella Javiana contamination	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Sizzlin Colby with Habanero Peppers). Sold in approximate 1/2-lb, 1-lb, 2.5-lb, 5-lb, and 40-lb units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (Snack Pack Assorted Pepperjack Stix (Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack)). Sold in approximate 0.40-lb (6.4oz) units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (3-in-a-Pack Assorted Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Sizzling Colby). Sold in approximate 0.20-lb (3.2oz) units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I

Other records from B&G Foods North America, Inc

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 13 other records name this firm.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2023-02-15	Back To Nature Plant Based Snacks Fudge Mint Cookies Net Wt. 6.4 OZ. (181g) UPC code: 819898011025	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Cookies may contain undeclared peanut residue.	Class III
2022-04-20	Back to Nature Cheddalicious Cheese Flavored Crackers 6 oz.. UPC: 8-19898-01491-0 6 cartons per case	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Undeclared egg and milk due to mispackaging	Class I
2021-10-20	Tone s Taco Seasoning Blend, Plastic Bottles / 12 bottles per case with best by dates of SEPT 03 24 and SEPT 06 24, due to the	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Product was recalled due to the presence of undeclared wheat.	Class I
2021-01-20	Food Club Garlic Powder, 5.37 ounce bottles, 12 bottles per case. " Best 324A0 C By NOV 19 22 / Best 325A0 By NOV 20 22	B&G Foods North America, Inc	B&G Foods, Inc. has initiated a recall because their garlic powder mistakenly had bacon-flavored bits, which contain soy, an allergen undeclared on the garlic powder labels.	Class I
2020-11-18	Back to Nature Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers, NET WT 6 oz (170g)., UPC: 8-19898-01015-8	B&G Foods North America, Inc	B&G Foods initiated a recall of Back to Nature Organic Rosemary & Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Crackers, 6 oz. with a best by date of APR 25 2021, because package may be filled with peanut butter cookies, which contain peanut, which is not declared on the label.	Class I
2020-09-16	Back to Nature, Organic Rosemary and Olive Oil Stoneground Wheat Cracker, 6 oz. foil bag inside paper carton, 6 packages per case .	B&G Foods North America, Inc	The product contains undeclared milk.	Class II
2019-03-20	Victoria Marinara Sauce, 40 oz. (2.5 lb) 1133g, 6Jars / Case	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Product may contain undeclared cashews.	Class I
2014-12-24	Ortega Taco Sauce - Hot 8 oz, UPC 39000-00891, 16 oz. UPC 41501-01895.	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I
2014-12-24	Ortega Green Taco Sauce - Mild 8 oz, UPC 41501-00897, 16 oz. UPC 41501-00907.	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I
2014-12-24	Ortega Enchilada Sauce 8 oz., UPC 41501-00898	B&G Foods North America, Inc	Specific Ortega Brand Taco Seasoning, Taco Sauce, Taco Dinner Kits, and Enchilada Sauce, and Las Palmas brand Taco Seasoning and Taco Sauce products are being recalled because one or more of the spice ingredients may contain peanuts and almonds.	Class I

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