Class IIOngoing · reported 2026-04-29

EL MEXICANO agua fresca de horchata Instant Horchata Drink NET WT 12oz (340g)…

Marquez Brothers International, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 29 April 2026 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Undeclared milk.

The record

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Product: EL MEXICANO agua fresca de horchata Instant Horchata Drink NET WT 12oz (340g) INGREDIENTS: *** MILK SUBSTITUTE (WHEY *** LACTOSE *** DISTRIBUTED BY MARQUEZ BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. San Jose CA 95138 UPC: 042743190204 Item: 102279
UPC: 042743190204
Reason for recall: Undeclared milk.
Recalling firm: Marquez Brothers International, Inc.
Firm location: Fresno, California, United States
Classification: Class II
Status: Ongoing
Recall number: H-0674-2026
Quantity: 405,136 packages (16 packages/case; 25,321 cases)
Distribution: Domestic distribution: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, FL, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, LA, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NM, NV, OH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI. Foreign distribution: Canada, Japan.
Initiated: 7 April 2026
Reported by FDA: 29 April 2026
Firm notified by: Letter
Product codes: Lot, Expiration: HR02324, 01/26/26; HR02324, 01/29/26; HR06424, 03/07/26; HR09924, 04/09/26; HR10024, 04/10/26; HR12924, 05/09/26; HR13024, 05/13/26; HR13024, 05/14/26; HR16424, 06/13/26; HR17824, 06/27/26; HR17824, 06/28/26; HR21124, 07/30/26; HR21224, 07/31/26; HR23524, 08/26/26; HR23624, 08/27/26; HR26724, 09/25/26; HR29724, 10/24/26; HR29824, 10/25/26; HR29924, 11/19/26; HR32424, 11/20/26; HR02225, 01/23/27; HR02225, 01/24/27; HR05825, 03/05/27; HR05925, 03/06/27; HR08625, 03/28/27; HR08625, 03/31/27; HR08725, 04/01/27; HR15725, 06/09/27; HR16025, 06/10/27; HR16225, 06/12/27; HR16325, 06/13/27; HR19125, 07/11/27; HR19225, 07/15/27; HR23325, 08/22/27; HR23225, 08/21/27; HR27925, 10/08/27; HR28225, 10/13/27; HR34425, 12/15/27; HR34525, 12/16/27.

Reading this record

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

Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. 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 3 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 3 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 3. All 3 of them are listed on this page.
This recall has no termination date on the record, so as published it had not been terminated under 21 CFR 7.55.
The distribution pattern names 27 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Dairy recalls split between pathogen contamination in products that skipped or under-ran pasteurisation and undeclared milk in products that should never have contained it, which is the same allergen viewed from two directions.

Named in the distribution pattern: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.

What this recall was for

Undeclared allergens

An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.

A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.

21 CFR 117.135(c)(2): Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
21 CFR 101.4: Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
21 CFR 117 subpart G: Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.

The allergens named in this record: milk.

Filed under milk and dairy and beverages and juice. A product can sit in more than one.

Every product in this recall

The FDA opened 3 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 2 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 2 records of FDA event 98761
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2026-04-29	Bulk Horchata Powder 3951 (100547) 1/25 HORCHATA UPC: 042743-19015-0 Item: 100547	Marquez Brothers International, Inc.	Undeclared milk.	Class II
2026-04-29	EL MEXICANO horchata casera Instant Horchata Drink NET WT 14oz (396g) INGREDIENTS: * MILK SUBSTITUTE (WHEY * LACTOSE *** DISTRIBUTED BY MARQUEZ BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. San Jose CA 95138 UPC: 042743190266 Item: 102284	Marquez Brothers International, Inc.	Undeclared milk.	Class II

Other milk and dairy recalls for the same reason

These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. 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
2026-08-12	Spicy Breakfast Burrito sold under the following brand names: FRESH & READY FOODS Spicy Breakfast Burrito Net Wt. 8.2 oz (232g) UPC 1 00001 00029 7 and Sprig & Sprout Spicy Breakfast Burrito IN A SPICY TORTILLA NET WEIGHT 8.3oz (234g) Contains: Egg, Milk, Wheat. MG Foods Charlotte, NC 28272	M.G. Foods, Inc.	Undeclared Soy. The firm received complaints of sausage in the burritos. Upon review the firm discovered the sausage contains soy which is not listed on the label.	Class I
2026-08-12	Blank Slate Creamery VEGAN NON-DAIRY FROZEN DESSERT COCONUT FUDGE SANDWICHES, 4.5 oz clear plastic package	Blank Slate Creamery Production	undeclared egg	Class I
2026-07-22	Ice Pop, D'Dioses Cookies Cream, 1 Bar (81.7 g), with UPC 710594511362	D'Dioses Fruit Pops, Inc.	May contain undeclared milk, pecans, pistachios, yellow #5 and red #40.	Class I
2026-07-15	Bakr Brown Butter Chocolate Chunk Ready to Bake Cookie Dough, 8-oz pouch 12 cookies per pouch, UPC 8 50073 08700 8, 8 pouches per case	Bear Stewart Co	undeclared soy	Class II
2026-07-15	High Valley Orchard Chocolate Covered Raisins, net wt. 15oz. per package, each case contains 12/15oz. bags. Product is packaged in clear plastic container. UPC on retail container: 0 952348 80170 0. Lehi Valley Trading Company Mesa, AZ 85215 The label of affected product declares: INGREDIENTS: MILK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, *WHOLE MILK POWDER, SOY LECITHIN RAISINSCONTAINS MILK AND SOY* Distributed by Lehi Valley Trading Company of Mesa, AZ.	Lehi Valley Trading Company, Inc	Undeclared Peanut. High Valley Orchard Chocolate Covered Raisins contains unintended undeclared peanut due to mis-packaging.	Class I
2026-07-08	FIRST STREET Dark Chocolate Raisins Net Wt. 9 oz. (255g) UPC 797565011830 INGREDIENTS: DARK CHOCOLATE (SUGAR, CHOCOLATE LIQUOR, COCOA BUTTER, MILK FAT, SOY LECITHIN - AN EMULSIFIER, NATURAL VANILLA FLAVOR), RAISINS, TAPIOCA DEXTRIN, CONFECTIONERS GLAZE. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY PACKED IN A FAICLITY THAT HANDLES PEANUTS, TREE NUTS, WHEAT, SOY, EGG, SESAME, AND MILK PRODUCTS.	Western Mixers Produce & Nuts, Inc.	Undeclared peanuts.	Class I
2026-06-10	UPC 24144500000 Ready Meals PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE CHIP BAR With PRETZEL This is Albertson's store-made item and sold by unit at point of sale with grocery store's scale label.	Albertsons Companies LLC	Contains statement does not declare Almond	Class II
2026-06-10	UPC 25312600000 MUFFINS BANANA NUT CREAM CHEESE FILLED 2CT This is Albertson's store-made item and sold by unit at point of sale with grocery store's scale label.	Albertsons Companies LLC	Contains statement does not declare Walnut	Class II

Other records from Marquez Brothers International, Inc.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2026-04-29	Bulk Horchata Powder 3951 (100547) 1/25 HORCHATA UPC: 042743-19015-0 Item: 100547	Marquez Brothers International, Inc.	Undeclared milk.	Class II
2026-04-29	EL MEXICANO horchata casera Instant Horchata Drink NET WT 14oz (396g) INGREDIENTS: * MILK SUBSTITUTE (WHEY * LACTOSE *** DISTRIBUTED BY MARQUEZ BROTHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. San Jose CA 95138 UPC: 042743190266 Item: 102284	Marquez Brothers International, Inc.	Undeclared milk.	Class II

All 3 records for Marquez Brothers International, Inc.

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