FDA Warns Bimbo Bakeries About its Labeling
July 1, 2024 | 1 min to read
Federal food safety regulators have issued a warning to Bimbo Bakeries USA, which owns brands like Sara Lee and Oroweat, for mislabeling products with potentially dangerous allergens that are not present. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that the company included ingredients such as sesame and tree nuts on labels, violating labeling regulations. The FDA classified these products as “misbranded” in a warning letter sent to their Horsham, Pennsylvania headquarters.
Federal food safety regulators said that they have warned a top U.S. bakery to stop using labels that say its products contain potentially dangerous allergens when they don’t.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspectors found that Bimbo Bakeries USA — which includes brands such as Sara Lee, Oroweat, Thomas’, Entenmann’s and Ball Park buns and rolls — listed ingredients such as sesame or tree nuts on labels even when they weren’t in the foods.
Under FDA regulations, such products are “misbranded,” FDA officials said in a warning letter sent to officials at the company’s Horsham, Pennsylvania, headquarters earlier this month.
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