How many FDA food recalls come from Kansas?

275 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Kansas, which ranks it 25 among the states and territories. 206 are Class I.

Does this mean the food was sold in Kansas?

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

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Food recalls from Kansas firms

275 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Kansas, ranking it 25 among states and territories. 206 are Class I. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386: 275
Share of all recalls: 0.9%
Class I of 275: 206
Reported between: 2012 to 2025

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 Kansas frequently distributes nationally, and food bought in Kansas is frequently recalled by a firm in another state. Each record below carries its own distribution pattern.

Who regulates food in Kansas

State agency: Department of Agriculture Food Safety & Lodging
State food code: Kansas Food Code

This agency regulates retail and food-service establishments in the state. Most of the firms below are manufacturers, whose recalls are federal actions under FDA jurisdiction, so the agency named here did not issue them. FDA, retail and food service codes by state, read 2026-09-15.

Who got ill

The CDC recorded 206 foodborne outbreaks in Kansas between 2012 and 2023, with 2,055 reported illnesses, 76 hospitalisations and 3 deaths. That is 2.3% of the 9,038 foodborne outbreaks in the dataset, and 1.5 in every thousand of those reported ill died.

The setting recorded most often was a sit-down restaurant, in 97 of the 190 where a setting was named.

Outbreaks: 206
Reported illnesses: 2,055
Hospitalised: 76
Deaths: 3

Foodborne outbreaks reported to CDC, National Outbreak Reporting System (NORS) for 2012 to 2023, read 2026-09-15. An outbreak is two or more illnesses traced to a common food, so this counts people rather than product, and it does not cover the recall years after 2023.

What is different about Kansas

The hazard that separates Kansas from the national picture is e. coli: 41.5% of these records name it, against 1.9% of all FDA food recalls.

By product, Kansas is weighted toward bakery: 46.9% of the records here against 12.9% across the corpus.

Recalls in Kansas are more often the serious kind: 74.9% are Class I, where the FDA judges there is a reasonable probability of serious health consequences, against 44% of all records.

A recall in Kansas stays open a median of 312 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 travel further than most: 42.2% state nationwide distribution, against 20.7% of all records.

A single recall here covers far more records than usual: 7.1 enforcement records per FDA event, against 3.7 across the corpus. The agency opens one record per product code, so this is a sign of broad product lines rather than of repeated failures.

What Kansas firms recalled for

A single recall can name more than one hazard, so these counts overlap and do not sum to 275.

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.

Year	Recalls reported
2012	1
2013	4
2014	2
2015	2
2016	139
2017	8
2018	33
2019	1
2020	1
2021	10
2022	26
2023	0
2024	44
2025	4
2026	0

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.

Most recently reported

The 60 most recent of 275 records. Every record has its own page and is reachable from its year, state and firm.
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2025-05-07	Emily Kate's Gluten Free Vanilla Cake, Net Wt. 6.4oz, Emily Kate's Foods, Kansas City, KS 66106, UPC 850581007253	Emily Kate's Foods	Foreign material (foil) found in cake slices	Class II
2025-05-07	Emily Kate's Gluten Free Carrot Cake, Net Wt. 6.4oz, Emily Kate's Food, LLC, Kansas City, KS 66106, UPC 850581007284	Emily Kate's Foods	Foreign material (foil) found in cake slices	Class II
2025-04-16	Lillie's Q Buffalo Wing Sauce. Net wt. 13.5 oz, UPC 810069510972, Case label: Lillie's Q Buffalo Wing Sauce, Item # FGLOL422 Lot # 002125, 6/13.5 oz, UPC 10810069510979, BEST BY: JAN/21/2026	OLD WORLD SPICES & SEASONING, INC	Undeclared allergen (milk not listed as sub ingredient of butter). Milk also not listed in 'Contains' statement.	Class II
2025-03-12	Noble Made Garlic Parmesan Wing Sauce, net wt 9.25oz, UPC 850000398542, #0897 BEST BY 06/02/2026 14:02 33724 L1, Code: F20920061	Spicin Foods Inc	Customer complaints of bottles foaming when opened	Class II
2024-12-25	Bulk salt product shipped in 1 metric ton tote; 50lb bag Special Purity Granulated Food-Grade Salt with UPC 041582150158; 44lb bag sifto Hy Grade Food Grade Salt, Compass Minerals America Inc. 9900 West 109th Street Overland Park, KS 99219	Compass Minerals America Inc.	foreign material	Class II
2024-09-18	UPC 71117 14743, Reser s Rotisserie Chicken Salad Base 2lb. (32oz), refrigerated, packaged in an opaque plastic tub with a white printed plastic lid. There are 6 tubs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Foreign material.	Class II
2024-09-18	UPC 71117 19063, Reser's American Classics Garden Pasta Salad 16oz, refrigerated, packaged in an opaque printed plastic tub with a plastic red printed lid. There are 6 tubs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Foreign material.	Class II
2024-09-18	UPC 78742 12653, Walmart Original Freshness Guaranteed Macaroni Salad 16oz, refrigerated, packaged in a clear plastic tub with printed labels on top, bottom and side. There are 12 tubs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Foreign material.	Class II
2024-09-18	UPC 71117 19084, Reser's American Classics Spicy Pickle Potato Salad 16oz, refrigerated, packaged in an opaque printed plastic tub with a plastic red printed lid. There are 6 tubs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Foreign material.	Class II
2024-09-18	UPC 78742 02670, Walmart Original Freshness Guaranteed Macaroni Salad 3lb. (48oz), refrigerated, packaged in an opaque printed plastic tub with a plastic white printed lid. There are 6 tubs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Foreign material.	Class II
2024-09-18	UPC 95515 04502, Amazon Fresh Fresh Classic Macaroni Salad 16oz, refrigerated, packaged in a clear plastic tub with printed labels on top, bottom and side. There are 12 tubs per case.	Reser's Fine Foods, Inc.	Foreign material.	Class II
2024-06-12	Grindsted Sweetlife CINN. Roll BAS Stabilizer & Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg/ 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Hi-Dress CDS 1880 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted SSD 5731 Non-GMO Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Creamer 2103 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22. 68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted GSD 1076 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Whipped Cream #2 rBST-fr, Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	ASC 2138 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Yogurt 7133 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted IcePro 2427 TH Stabilizer System, 907.2 kg / 2000 lb tote	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Yogurt 6626 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted ASC 2354 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Germantown Gard Preservative, 25 kg / 55.12 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted SSD 6018 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	GSD 0911 Stabilizer, Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Germantown Gard (A) Preservative, 25 kg / 55.12 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Iced Coffee 6880 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted(R) CFF 1455 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Reese, SG FR Sweetener Blend, CM50	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Avicel-plus GP 1615 Stabilizer System FCC, 1000 kg / 2204.62 bulk bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Germantown Dari Whip II, Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	CRE-90 (RO1) Stabilizer System, 25 kg / 55.12 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Germantown Stabilizer 1772-II, Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Iced Coffee 6752 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	CRE-90 (RO1) 25 KG Bag Lala, 25 kg / 55.12 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Sour Cream 6563 non-GM Stabilizer System 20 kg/ 44.09 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Creamer 2160 System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted WCS 1265 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted SSD 6242 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg/ 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Germantown Enhance Plus Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Creamer 2395 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	GS 1134 Kreme WIP, 25 kg / 55.12 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted TH GSD 2272 Stabilizer and Emulsifier System, bulk tote	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Turkey Hill 1512 NF NSA Stabilizer and Emulsifier System; 2270 lb bulk	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Cremodan SL-64-A Stabilizer System, 25 kg / 55.12 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Sweet Roll Dough Blend 2 Stabilizer & Emulsifier System 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-06-12	Grindsted Creamer 1817 Stabilizer System, 22.68 kg / 50 lb bag	Danisco USA Inc.	Potential Salmonella Contamination	Class I
2024-03-06	Healthprint Vitamin D3 5000 Dietary Supplement, 200 tablets, packaged in plastic bottle.	Ancient Formulas, Inc.	Product is sub-potent for Vitamin D and label contains incorrect percent daily value.	Class III
2022-06-15	POTATO RUSSET QUARTERED 2/10# (01)10886810715115(10)0016086772 71511 Best if used by: 03/25/22, 03/29/22, 04/05/22, 04/06/22, 04/12/22, 04/16/22, 04/20/22, 04/23/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO YUKON W/SKIN 1/16"4/5 A (01)10886810715412(10)0016088347 71541 Best if used by: 04/01/22, 04/02/22, 04/04/22, 04/05/22, 04/07/22, 04/08/22, 04/12/22, 04/14/22, 04/15/22, 04/23/22, 04/28/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO A REDDICE1/2"4/5#W/SKIN (01)10886810715269(10)0016088725 71526 Best if used by: 04/26/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POT. RUSSET SLCD W/S 1/16 4/5# (01)10886810715382(10)0016086797 71538 Best if used by: 04/05/22, 04/11/22, 04/15/22, 04/18/22, 04/25/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO YUKON 'A' PLD 2/10# (01)10886810715306(10)0016086346 71530 Best if used by: 03/30/22, 04/01/22, 04/04/22, 04/05/22, 04/07/22, 04/08/22, 04/11/22, 04/13/22, 04/14/22, 04/15/22, 04/18/22, 04/20/22, 04/21/22, 04/23/22, 04/25/22, 04/26/22, 04/27/22, 04/28/22, 04/29/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO YUKON QTRDW/SKIN 4/5# B (01)10886810715344(10)0016088724 71534 Best if used by: 04/07/22, 04/11/22, 04/22/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO SWEET PEELED 2/10# (01)10886810715207(10)0016086769 71520 Best if used by: Best if used by: 03/29/22, 04/05/22, 04/12/22, 04/20/22, 04/25/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	SWEET POTATO STICKS 24/2 (01)10886810974826(10)0016086793 97482 Best if used by: 03/31/22, 04/02/22, 04/13/22, 04/16/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO 1/4" DICE 4/5# C/C (01)10886810715535(10)0016088723 71553 Best if used by: 04/06/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO RED QRTD 25# BSIZE (01)10886810733263(10)0016086396 73226 Best if used by: 04/01/22, 04/04/22, 04/07/22, 04/08/22, 04/11/22, 04/12/22, 04/14/22, 04/15/22, 04/18/22, 04/19/22, 04/21/22, 04/22/22, 04/25/22, 04/28/22, 04/29/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POTATO YUKON DICED 4/5# C/C (01)10886810715337(10)0016086768 71533 Best if used by: 04/25/22, 04/28/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I
2022-06-15	POT. YUKON "A" DICE/SK 25# CC (01)10886810715368(10)0016088728 71536 Best if used by: 04/12/22, 04/14/22, 04/19/22 Ingredients: Potato, Sodium Metabisulfite	Liberty Fruit Co Inc DBA Carol's Cuts	Sodium metabisulfite not declared on product label.	Class I

Questions

How many FDA food recalls come from Kansas?: 275 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Kansas, which ranks it 25 among the states and territories. 206 are Class I.
Does this mean the food was sold in Kansas?: No. The state on a recall record is the address of the recalling firm, not the distribution area. A firm in Kansas frequently distributes nationally, and food sold in Kansas is frequently recalled by a firm in another state. Each record carries its own distribution pattern.

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