Food recalls from Washington firms

1,412 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Washington, ranking it 6 among states and territories. 728 are Class I. Data last updated 2 September 2026.

Records of 29,386

1,412

Share of all recalls

4.8%

Class I of 1,412

728

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

Who regulates food in Washington

Who got ill

The CDC recorded 406 foodborne outbreaks in Washington between 2012 and 2023, with 4,932 reported illnesses, 156 hospitalisations and 7 deaths. That is 4.5% of the 9,038 foodborne outbreaks in the dataset, and 1.4 in every thousand of those reported ill died.

The cause recorded most often was Norovirus, in 86 of the 384 outbreaks where a cause was recorded at all.

The setting recorded most often was a sit-down restaurant, in 260 of the 395 where a setting was named.

What is different about Washington

The hazard that separates Washington from the national picture is listeria monocytogenes: 39.8% of these records name it, against 25.5% of all FDA food recalls.

By product, Washington is weighted toward ice cream and frozen desserts: 26.1% of the records here against 5.9% across the corpus.

A recall in Washington stays open a median of 86 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.

The volume is falling: 184 records in the three years to 2025, against 288 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 Washington firms recalled for

A single recall can name more than one hazard, so these counts overlap and do not sum to 1,412.

• Listeria monocytogenes562
• Undeclared allergens376
• Salmonella98
• Foreign material59
• Clostridium botulinum56
• E. coli25
• Unapproved ingredients14
• Chemical contamination8
• Spoilage and mould5
• Process deviation2
• Viral and parasitic contamination2

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.

• Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream117
• Numbskull LLC115
• Spokane Produce, Inc.89
• Elevated Ice Cream Company69
• Correctional Industries Food Factory60
• CRF Frozen Foods, LLC54
• Lemonland Food Corp44
• Husky Ice Cream,Inc44
• Dolcetta Artisan Sweets26
• Sockeye Suzys Fish LLC20
• Full Tilt Ice Cream18
• San Francisco Street Bakery Inc.17

Most recently reported

Questions

How many FDA food recalls come from Washington?

1,412 of the 29,386 FDA food recall records published since 2012 were issued by firms located in Washington, which ranks it 6 among the states and territories. 728 are Class I.

Does this mean the food was sold in Washington?

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

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