How many FDA food recalls come from Montana?

21 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Montana, which ranks it 49 among the states and territories. 1 are Class I.

Does this mean the food was sold in Montana?

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

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Food recalls from Montana firms

21 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Montana, ranking it 49 among states and territories. 1 are Class I. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386: 21
Share of all recalls: 0.1%
Class I of 21: 1
Reported between: 2014 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 Montana frequently distributes nationally, and food bought in Montana is frequently recalled by a firm in another state. Each record below carries its own distribution pattern.

Who regulates food in Montana

State agency: Department of Public Health & Human Services Food & Consumer Safety Section
State food code: Retail Food Establishments

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 29 foodborne outbreaks in Montana between 2012 and 2023, with 847 reported illnesses, 15 hospitalisations and 2 deaths. That is 0.3% of the 9,038 foodborne outbreaks in the dataset, and 2.4 in every thousand of those reported ill died.

The setting recorded most often was a sit-down restaurant, in 11 of the 27 where a setting was named.

Outbreaks: 29
Reported illnesses: 847
Hospitalised: 15
Deaths: 2

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 Montana firms recalled for

A single recall can name more than one hazard, so these counts overlap and do not sum to 21.

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	0
2013	0
2014	2
2015	1
2016	3
2017	7
2018	2
2019	0
2020	3
2021	1
2022	1
2023	0
2024	0
2025	0
2026	1

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

All 21 records.
Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2026-07-29	Vintage Roots Root Beer Syrup, packaged in glass bottle. Net Wt. 8oz. (236.6 mL). Distributed by Vintage Roots, PO Box 12, Brady, MT 59416. The product label declares: Ingredients: Filtered Water, Pure Cane Sugar, Sassafras Bark, Burdock Roots, Wild Cherry Bark, Molasses, Fresh Lemon Juice, Star Anise, Coriander Seeds, Whole Clove, Wintergreen Extract (no alcohol).	Vintage Roots LLC	Unapproved food additive: sassafras bark.	Class II
2022-07-20	Market Day Krabbycakes, Item 3320, Net Wt. 40 oz. (2.5 lbs.) 1.13kg. Item Number 803320R. UPC 51497 14360. Light panko Breadcrumbs blended with Snow Crab meat, Fresh Cream & Real Butter with Seasonings. Keep Frozen - Fully Cooked. Distributed & Sold exclusively by: Market Day Local, Inc. Whitefish, MT 59937	Market Day Local Inc.	Undeclared shrimp and carmine color	Class II
2021-12-15	Mountain Meadow Herbs Brand Candida Flush Endotoxin Cleans3, 500 mg per capsule, 240 capsules per bottle. UPC 8 13086 01593 2. This product is sold as part of our Total Yeast Detox Package or it can be purchased separately.	Mountain Meadow Herbs, Inc.	Product bottle has potential to become pressurized over time. When consumer opens a bottle, the cap, capsules, and product powder could be forcefully expelled, and customers may sustain injuries to their hands and eyes.	Class I
2020-01-15	Plant Based WayFare Butterscotch Pudding Organic Dairy Free, Item #1223. Net wt. 4 oz. There are 4/4 oz. cups per pack with cardboard overwrap. UPC 845681000372.	Wayfare Health Foods LLC	Product is recalled due to consumer complaints for bloating of package, off flavors (sourness, tart), and textural issues (grittiness, lumpiness).	Class II
2020-01-15	Plant Based WayFare Vanilla Pudding Organic Dairy Free, Item #1221. Net wt. 4 oz. There are 4/4 oz. cups per pack with cardboard overwrap. UPC 845681000358.	Wayfare Health Foods LLC	Product recalled due to consumer complaints for bloating of package, off flavors (sourness, tart), and textural issues (grittiness, lumpiness).	Class II
2020-01-15	Plant Based WayFare Chocolate Pudding Organic Dairy Free, Item #1222. Net wt. 4 oz. There are 4/4 oz. cups per pack with cardboard overwrap. UPC 845681000365.	Wayfare Health Foods LLC	Product recalled due to consumer complaints for bloating of package, off flavors (sourness, tart), and textural issues (grittiness, lumpiness).	Class II
2018-10-10	Deep Pit Seasoning, net wt. 6 oz., packaged in a clear, wide mouth jar, black and white label with black lid. The product label is read in parts: "*Deep-pit Seasoning * Ingredients: (Hydrolyzed vegetable & soy protein, lactose, salt, partially hydrogenated cottonseed & soy oil, potato starch, caramel color), onion, garlic, canola oil, disodium inosinate & guanylate, oleoresin paprika, basil, red & black peppers, parsley, cilantro, lemon peel & extractive of turmeric* Bounty Foods, Inc. P. O. Box 8510, Kalispell, MT 59904 (406) 756-1811**".	Bounty Foods, Inc	Deep-pit Seasoning product is recalled due to undeclared wheat. In addition, the label declares lactose but did not declare milk.	Class II
2018-09-05	Tipu's Chai - Sweetened Masala Chai, Net wt.7.5 oz. per box. UPC #: 7 19196 20035 3. Each box contains five single serve sachet packets of Chai Tea Latte. Single serve sachet Chai Tea Latte packets, net wt. 1.1 oz per packet. UPC 7 19196 20073 5. The LABEL of Sweetened Masala Chai is read in parts: "*SWEETENED MASALA CHAI add water + milk NET WT. 7.5 OZ INGREDIENTS: Organic dry cane syrup, black tea, organic spices. The LABEL of single serve sachet Chai Tea Latte packet is read in part "CHAI TEA LATTE simply add water NETWT 1.1 OZ *INGREDIENTS: Organic dry cane syrup, Milk powder (Concentrated nonfat milk, cream, lactose, sunflower lecithin, Vitamin A palmitate and Vitamin D3, Tocopherols (a natural source of Vitamin E to protect flavor)), Instantized black tea, Organice spices, Ginger.	Tipu'S Chai	Product is recalled due to undeclared milk. Sweetened Masala Chai boxes contain five single serve sachet packets of Chai Tea Latte, which declares milk, but Sweetened Masala Chai boxes do not declare milk.	Class II
2017-01-25	Whole Wheat Bread, each loaf has a net wt. 32 oz.. The UPC is code 6 36428 50200 2.	Great Northern Bakehouse Inc. dba Le Petit Outre	Whole Wheat Bread is recalled due to undeclared soy lecithin. The soy allergen is present in DDA pan spray (release agent) and the firm used it to spray the loaf pans.	Class II
2017-01-25	Birdman Bread, each loaf has net wt. 24 oz and 32 oz.. The UPC code ia 6 36428 10200 4.	Great Northern Bakehouse Inc. dba Le Petit Outre	Birdman Bread is recalled due to undeclared soy lecithin. The soy allergen is present in DDA pan spray (release agent) and the firm used it to spray the loaf pans.	Class II
2017-01-25	Italian Deli Loaf, each loaf has a net wt. 32 oz.. The UPC is code 6 36428 50200 2.	Great Northern Bakehouse Inc. dba Le Petit Outre	Italian Deli Loaf is recalled due to undeclared soy lecithin. The soy allergen is present in DDA pan spray (release agent) and the firm used it to spray the loaf pans.	Class II
2017-01-25	Sourdough Deli Loaf, each loaf has a net wt. 28 oz.. The UPC is code 6 36428 50200 2	Great Northern Bakehouse Inc. dba Le Petit Outre	Sourdough Deli Loaf is recalled due to undeclared soy lecithin. The soy allergen is present in DDA pan spray (release agent) and the firm used it to spray the loaf pans.	Class II
2017-01-25	Brewers Grain Deli Loaf, each loaf has a net wt. 24 oz.. The UPC code is 6 36428 10300 1.	Great Northern Bakehouse Inc. dba Le Petit Outre	Brewers Grain Deli Loaf is recalled due to undeclared soy lecithin. The soy allergen is present in DDA pan spray (release agent) and the firm used it to spray the loaf pans.	Class II
2017-01-25	Daily Wheat Bread, each loaf has a net wt. 24 oz.. The UPC is code and 6 36428 50500 3.	Great Northern Bakehouse Inc. dba Le Petit Outre	Daily Wheat Bread is recalled due to undeclared soy lecithin. The soy allergen is present in DDA pan spray (release agent) and the firm used it to spray the loaf pans.	Class II
2017-01-25	NY Rye Deli Loaf, each loaf has a net wt. 32 oz.. No UPC as this is for food service only.	Great Northern Bakehouse Inc. dba Le Petit Outre	NY Rye Deli Loaf is recalled due to undeclared soy lecithin. The soy allergen is present in DDA pan spray (release agent) and the firm used it to spray the loaf pans.	Class II
2016-08-31	100% Organic Spelt Grain, packaged in 10 lbs., 25 lbs. and 50 lbs paper bags, bulk container.	Montana Flour & Grains, Inc	Organic Spelt Grain is recalled because label does not declare wheat.	Class II
2016-08-31	100% Organic Unbleached White Flour, packaged in 10 lbs., 25 lbs. and 50 lbs paper bags, bulk container.	Montana Flour & Grains, Inc	Organic Unbleached White Flour is recalled because label does not declare wheat.	Class II
2016-08-31	100% Organic Spelt Flour, packaged in 10 lbs., 25 lbs. and 50 lbs paper bags, bulk container.	Montana Flour & Grains, Inc	Organic Spelt Flour is recalled because label does not declare wheat.	Class II
2015-06-17	Mother's Milk was labeled as "Mature milk". This is breast milk and was donated from nursing mothers. Product is packaged in glass bottle, 4 oz. The logo of Mother's Milk Bank is observed on a label. All milk was shipped frozen.	Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana	Mother's milk from batch #294 was recalled due to finding of plastic fragment in one bottle	Class III
2014-10-15	Frozen Pasteurized Human Milk in glass bottles. Label contains lot code followed by expiration date (month day year) and the description of the product which states Mature Milk. There is a Mothers' Milk Bank logo	Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana	Donor answered NO to question #32 "In the last 28 days, have you ever had a vaccine for measles, mumps or rubella?" It was later discovered that she had in fact received live vaccines for influenza, DTAP and MMR after delivery.	Class III
2014-10-15	Frozen Unpasteurized Human Milk in glass bottle. No labeling provided	Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana	Donor answered NO to question #32 "In the last 28 days, have you ever had a vaccine for measles, mumps or rubella?" It was later discovered that she had in fact received live vaccines for influenza, DTAP and MMR after delivery.	Class III

Questions

How many FDA food recalls come from Montana?: 21 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Montana, which ranks it 49 among the states and territories. 1 are Class I.
Does this mean the food was sold in Montana?: No. The state on a recall record is the address of the recalling firm, not the distribution area. A firm in Montana frequently distributes nationally, and food sold in Montana is frequently recalled by a firm in another state. Each record carries its own distribution pattern.

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Location says where a recall was issued, not where the evidence for it lives. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.

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