Greek yogurt has been given the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s second highest risk level after it was recalled over the possible presence of foreign objects.
Wellsley Farms non-fat Greek yogurt, in plain and vanilla flavors, was voluntarily recalled on December 11, 2024,
On Monday, January 13, the FDA gave the ongoing recall a Class II rating, which means: "a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary
The impacted yogurts were sold in 40oz pots with the product code "888670048085" for the plain yogurt and "888670048078" for vanilla.
They had best-by dates of December 4, 11, 18 and 25, and January 1, 8 and 15.
Nearly 16,000 cases of each flavor yogurt were recalled, having been distributed to Maryland, Connecticut and Kentucky.
Wellsley Farms is based in Seattle, Washington, but the recalling firm listed by FDA documentation is HP Hood, based in Vernon, New York.
Newsweek has attempted to contact Wellsley Farms for comment via email, outside of normal business hours.