Surprise ingredients.
As of Sep 2, 2026, 15 active notices cite an undeclared allergen. The most common are soy (4), egg (4), milk (3). The allergens the label is required to declare, ranked by how often a notice says it didn't. Pick yours; each page lists every notice tagged with it, active first.
All undeclared-allergen notices in one place: Aisle 2 — Surprise ingredients.
Questions
Which allergen is behind the most food recalls right now?
As of Sep 2, 2026, the allergens named in the most active notices are soy (4), egg (4), milk (3). 15 active notices cite an undeclared allergen in total; a notice naming two allergens counts under each, so the tags add up to 21.
Which allergens are tracked here?
11 allergens, with active notices as of Sep 2, 2026: Soy (4), Egg (4), Milk (3), Sesame (3), Wheat (3), Fish (2), Peanut (1), Crustacean shellfish (1), Gluten (0), Sulfites (0), Tree nuts (0). Each has its own page listing every notice tagged with it, active first.
What does undeclared mean?
The notice says the allergen was in the product and not on the label; that mismatch is the reason for the recall. The tag on each page comes from the notice text, not from us. As of Sep 2, 2026, 15 active notices carry one.
How often is this updated?
Daily at 06:00 Pacific, from the government's own notices: FDA openFDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS recall notices. The last successful update finished Sep 2, 2026, and every count on this page is as of that run.
Where does the data come from?
FDA openFDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS recall notices, each stored exactly as received. An AI extracts the brand, products, lot codes, hazard, regions, and retailers; a fixed rubric assigns the status; anything under 80% confidence waits for a human before it is published. Every item links to its source notice.