Home / Food recalls / 2015
Middle East Bakery, Inc.
FDA recall F-1960-2015 · Class I · reported 2015-04-22 · Terminated
- Product
- Trader Joe's Pocketful of Fiber Pita Bread, UPC 00945097
- Reason
- Product may contain undeclared soy.
- Quantity
- N/A
- Distribution
- Product is picked up at Middle East Bakery by independent drivers that supply markets in their territory. The headquarters representative for each firm that potentially received product was notified as a result the downstream customers (retail stores) were notified by their corporate offices. The Josephs brand name products were distributed in markets in Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Connecticut, and in the following stores: Market Basket, Stop & Shop, Shaws, Hannaford and Big Y. The Trader Joes products were distributed only in Trader Joe's stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and Washington D.C.
- Firm location
- MA, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Recall started
- 2015-01-30
- Terminated
- 2016-07-26
- Code info
- ALL sell by dates printed on the plastic closure tab.
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.