Class I · Recall · initiated March 11, 2026 · Ongoing
Griffith Foods recalls a Costco meatloaf seasoning and a Chick-fil-A milk wash over a supplier's milk-powder recall
Griffith Foods recalled three seasoning and mix products, including a Costco service-deli seasoning and a milk wash packed for Chick-fil-A, after its supplier said the nonfat dry milk in them may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The record
- Firm
- Griffith Foods Inc., Alsip, IL
- Products (3)
- Costco Service Deli Department 63 MEATLOAF SEASONING MORE FLV Pack Size: 4-5lb. Bags Net Weight: 20lbs Allergy Information: CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT Packed BY: Griffith Foods STONECREST, GA 30058MILK WASH NET WEIGHT: 50OZ (1417g) Packed Exclusively For: Chick-fil-A, Inc. 5200 Buffington Road Atlanta, GA 30349MILK-N-EGG MIX NET WEIGHT: 50 LBS, PROCESSED FROM NONFAT DRIED MILK, DRIED WHEY, DRIED EGG WHITES CONTAINS: EGG, MILK Mfred By: Griffith Goods, One Griffith Way, Stonecrest, GA
- Reason, as filed
- “Potential Salmonella contamination. The firm was notified from their supplier that the nonfat dry milk may be contaminated with Salmonella.”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall numbers
- H-0691-2026, H-0692-2026, H-0693-2026
- Initiated
- March 11, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- May 13, 2026
- Status
- Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 2,374/4/5lb bags
- Distribution
- Product was shipped to the following states: AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, LA, MD, MI, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX & WA.
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason says it: the firm was notified by its supplier that the nonfat dry milk may be contaminated with Salmonella. Griffith had no failure of its own. One upstream ingredient, recalled by its producer (California Dairies, in a separate Class I record), propagated into products carrying national brand names that never bought milk powder.
This is the same mechanism as the summer’s moringa and jalapeño cascades: an ingredient recall becomes a brand recall two steps downstream, and FDA’s record names each step separately.
Who else should care
Seasoning and blend makers, and any brand whose private-label products are made by one. The names on the recalled products here, Costco and Chick-fil-A, are the ones the public remembers.
Check: whether your dry-ingredient suppliers, especially dairy powders, have a written obligation to notify you within 24 hours of their own recall, and whether that notification reaches a person, not a shared inbox.
Related actions
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.