Class I · Recall · initiated April 20, 2026 · Ongoing
California Dairies recalls nonfat dry milk and buttermilk powder for Salmonella
The California cooperative recalled low-heat nonfat dry milk in 25 kg bags and 2,200 lb totes plus buttermilk powder for potential Salmonella contamination, the ingredient recall behind at least three downstream seasoning recalls.
The record
- Firm
- California Dairies Inc., Visalia, CA
- Products (3)
- Low Heat Non-Fat Dried Milk Powder - plastic totes (NTE) 2200 lbs. (packed under 5 labels: Off Grade NFDM Variable; Grade A NFDM LH Basic; Grade A NFDM LH Green Loop rBST Free; Grade A NFDM LH Standard NC rBST Free; NFDM LH Variable Standard)Low Heat Non-Fat Dried Milk Powder - paper bags 25 kg. (packed under 5 labels: Off Grade NFDM Variable; Extra Grade NFDM Standard rBST Free; Grade A NFDM LH Basic; Grade A NFDM LH Standard rBST Free; Grade A NFDM LH Tier 1 rBST Free)Buttermilk Powder - paper bags 25 kg. (packed under 1 label: BMP Extra Grade Standard)
- Reason, as filed
- “Potential contamination with Salmonella.”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall numbers
- H-0698-2026, H-0699-2026, H-0700-2026
- Initiated
- April 20, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- May 13, 2026
- Status
- Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 1,110,564 lbs.
- Distribution
- U.S. Distribution: Unknown and to be determined during RAC assignment. Domestic consignees pick-up product from CDI. Foreign Distribution: Mexico, Philippines, Dominican Republic.
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Why it happened, in plain English
This is a bulk ingredient recall: milk powder in 25 kg bags and 2,200 pound totes, sold to manufacturers, not consumers. The filed reason is potential Salmonella contamination. Dry milk powder is a low-moisture ingredient; Salmonella survives in it for months and it goes into products with no further kill step, such as dry seasonings.
The downstream records tell the rest: Griffith Foods, PS Seasoning and Solina each recalled seasoning products in the following weeks, two of them citing a supplier’s milk-powder recall as the reason.
Who else should care
Every manufacturer that buys dairy powders as an ingredient: seasoning blenders, bakery mix makers, confectioners, nutrition-bar and protein-powder brands.
Check: which of your dry-ingredient suppliers could take three of your SKUs off the market with one phone call, and whether you have tested a lot from them yourself in the last year.
Related actions
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.