Class I · Recall · initiated February 25, 2026 · Terminated
Dreamland Zaatar Chickpea Salad recalled for undeclared sesame, soy and wheat
A Seattle prepared-foods maker recalled 30 lbs of Zaatar Chickpea Salad, sold in bulk 5 lb bags to a Haggen store, because sesame, soy and wheat were not declared on its generic label.
The record
- Firm
- Dreamland Inc, Seattle, WA
- Product
- Dreamland's Zaatar Chickpea Salad is packaged in poly bags with a generic label which declares "chickpeas, cumin, zataar, turmeric, dill, onion, garlic, parsley". Dreamland distributed bulk cases (2/5lbs. bags per case) to Haggen store. Bulk 5lbs. bags were not sold directly to consumers. Haggen st
- Reason, as filed
- “Undeclared Sesame, Soy, Wheat”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall number
- H-0575-2026
- Initiated
- February 25, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- March 25, 2026
- Status
- Terminated · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 30lbs.
- Distribution
- Distributed in WA.
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason: “Undeclared Sesame, Soy, Wheat.” The product description does most of the explaining: the salad went out “in poly bags with a generic label” that listed “chickpeas, cumin, zataar, turmeric, dill, onion, garlic, parsley.” Zaatar is itself a blend, and it normally carries sesame. A label that names “zataar” as one word without breaking out what is in it misses the allergen inside it. The record does not say where the soy and wheat came from.
The distribution angle matters more than the 30 lbs. The bags “were not sold directly to consumers”; they went to a Haggen store, which means the store portioned or served the salad under its own signage. Whatever allergen statement the shopper saw was Haggen’s, built from Dreamland’s generic label. When the source label is wrong, the retail label is wrong too, and the retailer has no way to know. The record lists the recall as terminated.
Who else should care
Small prepared-food and deli-salad makers selling bulk to grocery delis, and the grocers that repack those salads at the counter. Any recipe that includes a sub-blend, zaatar, curry powder, everything seasoning, ranch, needs that blend’s allergens carried through to the finished label.
Check: whether your finished-product ingredient statements break every compound ingredient down to its components, and whether the store that portions your product gets a full allergen sheet with each delivery.
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.