Raisins Have Been Recalled in 2 States

For your trail mix, salad, homemade granola, or a topping to oats or cereal, raisins add natural sweetness with the antioxidant benefit of their grape origin (if also a higher natural sugar concentration than grapes in their non-sundried form).

However, if you suffer headaches or other reactions from a certain preservative, on Wednesday, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a recall on raisins whose ingredients list left something out.

The FDA has revealed there were undeclared sulfites in Paras Premium Golden Raisins sold in New York and Massachusetts and distributed by Long Island-based Apna Wholesale Inc. The FDA’s product image shows an ingredients list including only raisins. The label also pledges that the product is produced “in a gluten-free and peanut-free plant.”

Meanwhile, the sulfur dioxide level in the raisins is said to have been discovered during routine New York State food safety testing. While the FDA says no illnesses had been reported, “Consumers who have severe sensitivity to sulfites run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products.”

Sulfur dioxide is a gas which is considered to be a pollutant. Though wines and some other fruit products contain sulfites, either naturally occurring or added as a preservative, the FDA explains that consuming “10 milligrams of sulfites per serving has been reported to elicit severe reactions in some asthmatics. Anaphylactic shock could occur in certain sulfite sensitive individuals upon ingesting 10 milligrams or more of sulfites.” The sulfite content in the recalled raisins was said to reach 56.8 milligrams per serving.

Identifying details on the recalled raisins are as follows:

• sold in clear plastic bags of 7-ounce (oz) and 14-ounce sizes
• UPC codes
  • 818051014811
  • 818051014828

Though it’s not clear which retailers may have carried the product, the FDA advises that consumers “are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.” Consumers may also contact the manufacturer via the phone number in the recall listing link above.

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