Class I · Recall · initiated April 22, 2026 · Terminated
Fontana Flavors recalls 45,000 lbs of bulk flavors made with recalled milk powder
Fontana Flavors of Janesville, Wisconsin recalled 45,000 lbs of white cheddar, parmesan and cream of mushroom flavors sold in 50 lb bags for further processing, because a supplier's milk powder was recalled for Salmonella.
The record
- Firm
- Fontana Flavors, Inc, Janesville, WI
- Products (3)
- C0017D Natural & Artificial White Cheddar Cheese Flavor, Net Weight: 50 lbs. bag. Item #: 8500101. For Further Processing. Fontana Flavors, Janesville, WI.VG7274D1 Natural Cream of Mushroom Type Flavor, Net Weight: 50 lbs. bag. Item #: R5302. For Further Processing. Fontana Flavors, Janesville, WI.C7139D1 Natural Parmesan Cheese Flavor, Net Weight: 50 lbs. bags. Item #: 202405. For Further Processing. Fontana Foods, Janesville, WI.
- Reason, as filed
- “Product was made with milk powder recalled by the supplier due to Salmonella contamination.”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall numbers
- H-0811-2026, H-0812-2026, H-0813-2026
- Initiated
- April 22, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- May 27, 2026
- Status
- Terminated · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 45,000 lbs.
- Distribution
- IL, TN, and outside the US to Canada
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason: the product “was made with milk powder recalled by the supplier due to Salmonella contamination.” The record does not name the supplier. The three products are 50 lb bags labeled “For Further Processing,” shipped to IL, TN and Canada. That means the flavors were not the end of the chain. They went into someone else’s snack seasoning, soup base or sauce mix, and those customers had to trace their own lots in turn.
This is the middle link of a cascade. A flavor house buys milk powder, blends it with cheese solids and other dry ingredients, and sells the blend to food manufacturers. There is no kill step at any point. When the dairy powder is recalled, every downstream product made from the flavor is exposed, and the flavor house cannot pull those products itself; it can only notify. The 45,000 lbs here is the flavor, not the finished goods. The record lists the recall as terminated.
Who else should care
Snack, soup, sauce and dip manufacturers that buy savory flavors in bulk from a flavor house. Your ingredient spec may say “natural cheese flavor” and never mention milk powder, but a dairy recall two steps up can still reach you. Distributors that resell flavors are in the same position.
Check: whether your flavor suppliers have told you, in writing, which of their products contain milk powder and who makes it, so you are not waiting for a phone call to find out.
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Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.