For the Kirkland Signature salted sweet cream butter, the best-by dates were Feb. 23, 2025, for one of the lots and March 29, 2025, for the other, according to the FDA. Meanwhile, the four lots of the unsalted butter had Feb. 22, Feb. 23, March 22 and March 23 best-by dates.
MORE THAN 500,000 ELECTRIC SPACE HEATERS RECALLED DUE TO OVERHEATING CONCERNS
Each recalled product had four 4-ounce sticks within it.
Companies have to label food products that have milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans and sesame under the law, according to the FDA.
The recalls for potentially not having the notice about milk, an ingredient that some social media users suggested should be common sense to consumers, came roughly a month before the FDA labeled them “Class II,” a classification that the FDA said indicates a product “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
SALMON SOLD AT COSTCO RECALLED OVER LISTERIA CONCERNS
The agency noted Continental Dairy Facilities Southwest’s recalls of the Costco Kirkland Signature butter was voluntary and did not involve any press release.
Costco has sold products under its popular private-label brand since the mid-1990s.
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