Food recalls from Georgia firms

684 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Georgia, ranking it 16 among states and territories. 295 are Class I. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386

684

Share of all recalls

2.3%

Class I of 684

295

Reported between

2012 to 2026

What this page counts

The state on an FDA recall record is the address of the recalling firm. It is not where the product was sold: a firm in Georgia frequently distributes nationally, and food bought in Georgia is frequently recalled by a firm in another state. Each record below carries its own distribution pattern.

Who regulates food in Georgia

Who got ill

The CDC recorded 187 foodborne outbreaks in Georgia between 2012 and 2023, with 3,654 reported illnesses, 137 hospitalisations and 1 deaths. That is 2.1% of the 9,038 foodborne outbreaks in the dataset, and 0.3 in every thousand of those reported ill died.

The setting recorded most often was a sit-down restaurant, in 92 of the 184 where a setting was named.

What is different about Georgia

The hazard that separates Georgia from the national picture is undeclared allergens: 52.2% of these records name it, against 26.5% of all FDA food recalls.

By product, Georgia is weighted toward bakery: 24.6% of the records here against 12.9% across the corpus.

A recall in Georgia stays open a median of 491 days between the report and termination, against 215 days for the corpus as a whole. Termination follows the firm accounting for every unit of the affected lot.

These recalls stay local: 2.3% state nationwide distribution, against 20.7% across the corpus.

The volume is falling: 124 records in the three years to 2025, against 269 in the four before them. 2026 is excluded because the agency reports an enforcement action months after a firm begins a recall, so the most recent year is always incomplete.

What Georgia firms recalled for

A single recall can name more than one hazard, so these counts overlap and do not sum to 684.

• Undeclared allergens357
• Foreign material85
• Listeria monocytogenes53
• Salmonella44
• E. coli29
• Unapproved ingredients18
• Process deviation12
• Spoilage and mould9
• Clostridium botulinum2
• Viral and parasitic contamination1

By year

Counts are by the date the FDA reported the enforcement action. That date runs behind the date a firm started a recall, so the most recent year is always partial.

Firms with the most records

A firm appears here because it reported recalls, which is what a working recall procedure produces. A high count frequently reflects a single event split across many product codes rather than many separate failures.

• NutraCap Labs LLC106
• CSM Bakery Products NA66
• Renaissance Food Group40
• Gourmet Foods International33
• Kabobs Inc30
• Almark Foods, LLC29
• Epic Baking23
• Lavoi Corporation d/b/a/ Epi De France22
• DYMA BRANDS21
• FLOWERS FOODS17
• Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Inc.16
• Flowers Foods (Corporate Offices)16

Most recently reported

Questions

How many FDA food recalls come from Georgia?

684 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Georgia, which ranks it 16 among the states and territories. 295 are Class I.

Does this mean the food was sold in Georgia?

No. The state on a recall record is the address of the recalling firm, not the distribution area. A firm in Georgia frequently distributes nationally, and food sold in Georgia is frequently recalled by a firm in another state. Each record carries its own distribution pattern.

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