Recalls in January 2025

United Natural Trading has voluntarily recalled dark-chocolate-covered pretzels because they can cause an undeclared milk allergy, the company said Thursday.

Individuals with milk allergies or sensitivities may experience severe allergic reactions if they consume the recalled product.

No illnesses have been reported.

Recall details

• Product: Fresh Direct Dark Chocolate Covered Pretzels

• Reason for recall: Undeclared milk allergen

• Lot number: 24353

• Best by date: 06/30/2025

• Universal product code: 811102026276

• Distribution: Limited quantities sold online to Connecticut, New Jersey and New York

What should buyers do?

Consumers who purchased the recalled pretzels should:

1. Avoid consuming the product if they have a milk allergy.

2. Discard any remaining product.

3. Keep proof of purchase (receipts or packaging) to request a refund.

4. Contact United Natural Trading LLC at 732-650-9905 (Monday – Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST) with any questions.

Email Dieter Holger at dholger@consumeraffairs.com.

AMX Global is recalling 22,500 folding stadium seats due to fall and injury hazards. The company has received five reports of the security hook breaking, including two reports of falls and one injury involving bruising, headaches and a pinched nerve.

This recall involves the AMX Global Portable Folding Stadium Seat sold under the BJ’s Wholesale or Black Sierra brand. The BJ’s units have the “Berkley Jensen” logo on the back top side. The Black Sierra units have a Black Sierra Equipment logo on the top, right front side.

The stadium seats fold down to a compact size of about 4 inches by 20 inches by 19 inches from the open size of 16 inches by 20 inches by 19 inches. They have a padded handle and shoulder strap. Recalled Berkley Jensen seats have the date code “04/2022” on the white tag on the bottom of the seat. Recalled Black Sierra Equipment seats have the date codes “05/2022” or “11/2022” on the white tag on the bottom of the seat.  Only those date codes are included in this recall.

The seats were sold at BJ’s Wholesale Club and Big 5 Corp stores nationwide and online at Amazon.com from July 2022 through January 2024 for between $30 and $50.

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled seats. Consumers are directed to destroy the recalled seat by cutting through the fabric of the seat and backrest. Consumers are further directed to take a photo of the destroyed recalled seat, including the consumer’s initials and the date in the photo, and send the photo to AMX Global at support@stadiumseatrecall.com to receive a full refund.

Consumers may contact AMX Global toll-free at 888-439-5139 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or email at support@stadiumseatrecall.com or online at https://stadiumseatrecall.com/or go to www.amxglobalinc.com and click on “RECALL INFORMATION” at the top of the page for more information.

Cabinet Health has issued a recall for its four-ounce refillable medicine bottles because they lack proper child resistance. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says that poses a risk of child poisoning.

According to regulators, the plastic lid’s closure can degrade after repeated openings, causing the lid’s child-resistance to diminish, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.

This recall involves certain Cabinet Health 4 oz. Refillable Medicine Bottles with ABS plastic lids. The bottles are made of clear glass with blue, turquoise, orange or purple plastic lids labeled “CABINET.” Cabinet Health sold the bottles filled with over-the-counter drugs or as empty 4 oz. bottles. The recalled empty 4 oz. bottles were sold via cabinethealth.com from March 2023 through July 2024. 

Consumers with recalled empty bottles can identify them by the date of purchase. The recalled bottles filled with over-the-counter drugs have the following date codes on a sticker on the bottom of the bottle.

The products were sold online at cabinethealth.com, Amazon.com and Grove.co and at CVS stores from March 2023 through July 2024 for between $10 and $20.

What to do

Consumers should immediately secure the recalled bottles out of the sight and reach of children and contact Cabinet Health for a free replacement lid. Consumers will be asked to submit a photo demonstrating the destruction of the recalled lid. Cabinet Health and Amazon are contacting all known purchasers directly. This recall does not affect the medication within the bottles.

Consumers may contact Cabinet Health collect at 908-242-6108 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, email at recall@wearecabinet.com, or online at https://cabinethealth.com/voluntaryrecall or https://cabinethealth.com and click “Recall” at the bottom of the page for more information.

Greater Goods is recalling 349,500 digital kitchen sales for an ingestion hazard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the product violates federal safety regulations for consumer products with coin batteries.

The recalled digital kitchen scales violate the mandatory federal regulations for consumer products containing button cell or coin batteries because the scale has a lithium coin battery that can be easily accessed by children, and a spare coin battery provided with the product not in child resistant packaging as required by Reese’s Law. 

The CPSC said these violations pose an ingestion hazard. The recalled scales also do not have the required warnings. When button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns, and death.

This recall involves Greater Goods Digital Kitchen Scales, models: 0480, 0455, 0456, 0458, 0473, 0479, 0481, 0747, 0748, 0749, 0751, 0752, 0754. 

They are labeled with a sticker with the brand and model printed on the back and come in gray, black, blue, green, pink, red, silver and white colors. The Greater Goods logo is located on the top of the front panel of the scale. The scales come with a lithium CR3032 coin battery pre-installed and a spare CR3032 battery in the packaging.

The scales were sold at Alexandra’s Kitchen store located in Niskayuna, New York and online at Amazon, Walmart and Greater Goods from May 2023 through September 2024 for about $10.

What to do

Consumers should immediately remove the battery in the digital kitchen scale and place it in an area that children cannot access. Contact Greater Goods for information on how to receive a free recall kit, which includes a new replacement battery door that can be secured to the scale, the required labeling, and an updated instruction manual. Greater Goods, Amazon and Walmart are contacting all known purchasers directly.

Consumers may contact Greater Goods toll-free at 866-991-0397 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at recall@greatergoods.com, or online at www.greatergoods.com and click the recall banner at the top of the page or https://shop.greatergoods.com/pages/replaceyourbatterydoor for more information.

La Fiesta Food Products has issued a recall for 8 oz. packages of La Fiesta brand Unseasoned Bread Crumbs (Pan Rayado) and Seasoned Bread Crumbs (Pan Rayado Sazonado). The products contain sesame as an undeclared allergen. Additionally, the labels do not include the allergen declaration in Spanish.

People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to sesame run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products. No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this issue.

The impacted products are identified below:

• La Fiesta brand Bread Crumbs (Pan Rayado) 8oz UPC#032327000886 - Lot codes 26032; 26073; 26082; 26092; 26094; 26,400 sold nationwide through distributors to retail stores from April 10, 2024 through January 22, 2025.

• La Fiesta brand Bread Crumbs Seasoned (Pan Rayado Sazonado) 8oz UPC#032327000887 - Lot codes 26094; 26123; 6,240 sold nationwide through distributors to retail stores from August 29, 2024 through January 22, 2025.

The lot code can be found stamped on the front of the package. The product is packaged in 8 oz transparent plastic bags with an attached printed label.

What to do

The recall was initiated after discovering that the product contained undeclared sesame. Further investigation revealed that the issue was caused by errors on the product labeling.

Consumers who have purchased the products are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund.

Consumers with questions may contact the company at 408-326-0487, Monday to Friday from 8:00 am – 5:00 pm Pacific Time or at QualityAssurance@lffp.com.

A December recall of Lays potato chips has been upgraded to Class I, the most severe threat level because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the chips contain an undeclared allergen – milk.

The products were distributed in only two states – Washington and Oregon – but with the Super Bowl just days away the FDA issued the extra warning, saying the chips could prove fatal to someone with a severe milk allergy.

The recalled product is in a flexible bag, and the specific information is listed below:

If consumers have an allergy or sensitivity to milk, they should not consume the product and discard it immediately. Frito-Lay has informed the FDA of this action.

Consumers with the product described above can contact Frito-Lay Consumer Relations at 1-800-352-4477 (9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CST, Monday-Friday).

Kia has issued a recall for 80,255 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front airbags and seat belts from deploying properly or cause an unintended side curtain airbag deployment.

Air bags and seat belts that deploy improperly or an air bag deploying unintentionally can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

What to do

Dealers will inspect, replace and reroute the floor wiring assembly, as necessary, free of charge. In addition, dealers will install wiring covers. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed by March 14, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC332.

Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153) or go to nhtsa.gov.

To determine if your vehicle is included in this recall, go to the NHTSA recall page and enter the license plate number or 17-digit VIN.

Provepharm is recalling lot number 24020027; Expiry Date December 2025 of Phenylephrine hydrochloride Injection, USP, 10 mg/ mL at the hospital/institutional level. This recall was initiated based on a customer complaint to a pharmacy after observing a visible black particulate matter found in a single-sealed vial of the product.

Administration of an injectable product containing particulate matter may cause local irritation or swelling as a response to the foreign material. If the particulate matter enters the blood vessels, it can travel to various organs and potentially blocking blood vessels in the heart, lungs or brain, leading to serious complications such as stroke or even death. 

So far, the company has not received any reports of adverse events or injuries associated with this recall.

Phenylephrine hydrochloride Injection is used for the treatment of clinically important hypotension resulting primarily from vasodilation in the setting of anesthesia and is packaged in 10 mL vial, 1 single dose vial, with NDC code as 81284-213-01.

The product can be identified by product name on carton and vial label and with lot number 24020027 and Exp. Date: Dec 2025 (NDC 81284-213-01). Phenylephrine hydrochloride Injection, USP, 10 mg/ mL, was distributed nationwide in the United States to wholesalers.

What to do

Provepharm Inc., in collaboration with its recall provider, Sedgwick, is notifying distributors and customers via UPS Ground and coordinating the return of all recalled products.

Wholesalers, distributors, compounding companies and hospitals in procession of the recalled Phenylephrine hydrochloride Injection, USP, 10 mg/ mL lot number 24020027, Exp date December 2025, should immediately cease use of and return the product to Sedgwick at the following address:

• Sedgwick
    Event## 8664
    2670 Executive Drive, Suite A
    Indianapolis, IN 46241

Customers with questions regarding this recall can contact from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (EST) Monday - Friday at:

• Product Returns:
  Contact Sedgwick at:
  IVR: 866-737-5394
  FAX: 866-250-4503
  Email: provepharm8664@sedgwick.com

• Medical-related Questions Contact Medical Information at:
  1-833-727-6556
  Email: safety-us@provepharm.com

Consumers should contact their physician or healthcare provider if they have experienced any problems that may be related to taking or using this drug product.

Adverse reactions or quality problems experienced with the use of this product may be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program either online, by regular mail or by fax.

First Aid Beauty has issued a recall for 2,756 14-ounce jars of its Ultra Repair Cream, colloidal oatmeal 0.5% Coconut Vanilla. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforcement notice, the jars were intended for “quarantine” but were inadvertently distributed.

The company explained on its website:

On November 20, 2024, First Aid Beauty discovered that we inadvertently sold 14 oz Ultra Repair Cream Coconut Vanilla on our direct-to-consumer site, FirstAidBeauty.com. This product was not intended for market sale. 

We are recalling the Ultra Repair Cream Coconut Vanilla that were sold only on FirstAidBeauty.com in the United States. We issued an email directly to impacted consumers, proactively sent a replacement Ultra Repair Cream Grapefruit, and provided direction to stop product use of the Ultra Repair Cream Coconut Vanilla and discard. 

If you did not receive an email from us regarding the product recall, then there is no additional action needed at this time. With questions or concerns, consumers can contact customerservice@firstaidbeauty.com or 800-322-3619.

ChrisDowa has issued a recall for 19,500 roller window shades because they violate federal regulations for window coverings and pose a strangulation and entrapment hazard. The shades were sold exclusively by Amazon.

The recalled roller shades have long operating cords that pose strangulation and entanglement hazards to children in violation of the federal regulations for window coverings. The Consumer Product Safety Commission said the shades also violate labeling requirements for window coverings.

The roller blinds were sold in multiple colors with sizes ranging from a width of 20-27 inches and height of 72 inches. ChrisDowa is printed on the label sticker on the headrail.

What to do

Consumers should immediately put the window blind’s cords up and away from children and contact Shaoxingkeqiao Nenghaozhenfang to receive a free operating cord wand. Consumers must send a photo of the recalled product with the cord cut to recallchrisdowa@163.com. 

Once the firm receives the photo, consumers will receive a repair kit with installation instructions via Amazon or FedEx. The firm is contacting all known purchasers directly.

Monkey Spit, of Nipomo, Calif., is recalling three barbecue sauce products because they contain undeclared allergens. The recall includes:

• Monkey Mop BBQ Sauce - because it may contain undeclared milk. Best by: 11/07/2026A

• Swamp Mob BBQ Sauce - because it may contain undeclared soy. Best by: 12/13/2025A

• Atomic Mop BBQ Sauce - because it may contain undeclared milk and wheat. Best by: 03/19/2026D

People who have allergies to milk/wheat/soy run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume these products.

The three recalled Monkey Spit BBQ Ssauces were distributed locally in retail stores on the central coast of California and through mail orders on the company’s website.  No illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.

The recall was initiated after an FDA inspection. It was discovered that there were undeclared allergens not reveal on the product labels. Subsequent investigation indicates the problem was caused by a temporary breakdown in the company's packaging processes.

What to do

Production of the product has been suspended until the FDA and Monkey Spit are certain that the problem has been corrected.

Consumers who have purchased 12-ounce bottles of "Monkey Spit Mop BBQ Sauce, Monkey Spit Swamp BBQ Sauce and Monkey Spit Atomic Mop BBQ Sauce”, are urged to return them to the place of purchase for a full refund. Consumers with questions may contact the company at 1-714-514-8445 Monday through Friday 9am to 5 pm (PST) or karen@monkeyspithotsauce.com.

Veyer has issued a recall for 64,000 WorkPro office chairs because the bolts that connect the back of the chair to its base can fail, posing a fall hazard to users.

Veyer has received seven reports of consumers falling out of the chair, resulting in two minor injuries. The chairs were sold at Office Depot and OfficeMax stores nationwide and online at www.amazon.com, www.officedepot.com, www.walmart.com, www.ebay.com and other websites from October 2021 through September 2024 for about $430.

This recall involves WorkPro Momentum office chairs. The recalled ergonomic chairs were sold in black (model number 8517865) or gray (model number 2864384) and have a metal frame, cushioned seat, five coaster wheels and a high back that shifts side-to-side. The model number is located underneath the seat cushion.

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chair until repaired, and contact Veyer to receive a free repair kit, including shipping, and installation instructions. The repair kit consists of a back bracket, three bolts, an Allen wrench and a decorative cover. Veyer is contacting all known purchasers directly.

Consumers may contact Veyer toll-free at 833-881-0087 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at support@momentumwarranty.com, or online at https://help.officedepot.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/7555/kw/recall or www.officedepot.com/ and click on “Recall Notices” at the bottom of the page for more information. 

Vornado Air is recalling nearly 8,000 whole room heaters due to electric shock and fire hazards. The heaters were sold exclusively online at Amazon.com from August 2024 through October 2024 for about $90.

The recall involves Vornado VH2 Whole Room Heaters with a “JUL24” or “AUG24” date code and “TYPE VH2” printed on the silver rating label on the underside of the heater. 

The heaters are off-white and have thermostatic temperature control, automatic or continuous fan operation and two heat settings. “Vornado” with a red “V” behind it is printed on the front of the unit. Only units with a “JUL24” or “AUG24” date code are included in this recall. 

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled heaters and contact Vornado to confirm that their product is part of the recall and receive instructions on how to receive a free replacement heater.

Consumers may contact Vornado toll-free at 844-205-7978 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at vh2recall@vornado.com or online at www.vornado.com/recalls/vh2 or www.vornado.com and click on “Product Recalls” at the top of the webpage to check if your heater is included in the recall. 

Lexmark is recalling around 43,510 printers after reports of overheating and a fire, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday.

What are the product details?

• Product name: Lexmark specialty printers
• Model numbers: MS725dvn and MX725adve

Where were they sold?

Between $1,000 and $4,200, the printers sold at Lexmark.com, CDW Logistics, Tech Data Product Management Inc. and Insight Direct USA from June 2018 through Nov. 2024, the CPSC said.

What should buyers do?

Owners of the printers should immediately stop using the printers and contact Lexmark for a free repair part, which snaps into the unit inside the rear-access panel, the CPSC said.

Lexmark can be reached by phone at +1-866-470-1574 and by email at safety@lexmark.com.

Have there been any incidents?

There have been two reports of the printers overheating and one fire, but no injuries or damage, the CPSC said.

Northern Tool + Equipment is recalling nearly 52,000 adjustable swivel shop stools with backrests because of a fall hazard. The welded connection point between the seat base and the stool post can break, the company said.

The company has received reports of 271 incidents related to the recalled stools, including 18 reports of injuries from falls, and 20 reports of falls without injury.

Northern Tool + Equipment stores nationwide and online at NorthernTool.com, Walmart.com, Amazon.com and Ebay.com from September 2020 through June 2023 for about $80.

This recall involves Northern Tool + Equipment Adjustable Swivel Shop Stools with Backrests. The “NT” logo is on the seat of the recalled shop stool. “Model No. 20230” and “Intradin Co., Ltd.” are printed on separate labels located underneath the stool’s seat. Only stools manufactured by Intradin Co. Ltd. are included in this recall. 

What to do

Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled stools and contact Northern Tool + Equipment to receive a free replacement stool by completing the form at https://www.northerntool.com/recall-details-20230. The stool should be disposed of in accordance with any local and state laws. 

Consumers may contact Northern Tool + Equipment toll-free at 888-518-0342 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email Northern Tool + Equipment at inquiry@northerntool.com, visit online at https://www.northerntool.com/recall-details-20230 or www.northerntool.com and click on “Product Recalls” on the bottom of the homepage, or visit a Northern Tool + Equipment store for more information.