With the holidays in full swing, it’s no secret that the “most wonderful time of the year” also happens to be the busiest.
Between setting meals and gathering with family to cook for hours and commuting long distances, it’s easy to get lost in the daily grind and miss important information.
But when that information includes safety alerts, such as product recalls, the consequences can be disruptive and even require medical intervention.
Walmart, one of the nation’s largest grocery and retail chains, has issued a series of recalls in the past month.
Here’s a list of the chain’s most recent food recalls, in case you missed them:
Desserts
So Delicious Dairy Free Sated Caramel Cluster Frozen Dessert pints sold nationally were recently recalled because they contained rocks and other hard objects in the product.
The products included in the recall have expiration dates before August 8, 2027.
The voluntary recall was initiated on December 15 after the company found small stones and other hard objects mixed with cashews.
The FDA says it has been notified of the recall and that So Delicious Dairy Free is working quickly with retail partners to remove the products from store shelves.
“Meanwhile, the company has already identified and corrected this issue and will soon be able to bring back the frozen dessert that many people enjoy,” the statement said.
“So Delicious Dairy Free takes every consumer experience seriously and is initiating this voluntary recall in line with its commitment to product quality and consumer safety.”
Customers who purchased the affected product should not eat it, the FDA said.
Peanut Butter Cookies
RITZ parent company Mondelēz Global has issued a voluntary recall of 70 cases of RITZ Peanut Butter Crackers sold in eight states.
The products were sold in eight states: New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Alabama.
The recall was initiated on November 28 after the company discovered that the products included in the recall may be incorrectly labeled as cheese crackers, even though the product is actually peanut butter.
“People who have a severe allergy or sensitivity to peanuts may be at risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions by consuming this product,” the recall states.
While biscuit tins are labeled correctly, individually wrapped packages may not be.
The cut-off dates are January 8, 2026 and January 15, 2026. The cut-off date is labeled on the top of the box.
“Boxes containing only RITZ Cheese Cracker Sandwiches are not affected,” the recall notes.
Cheese
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a recall for popular products sold at Aldi and Walmart locations nationwide after finding they may be contaminated with metal fragments.
According to the FDA, several cheeses sold under different brands, including Walmart’s Great Value brand, Aldi’s and Happy Farms brands, are included in the recall, citing possible metal fragments in the raw materials as the cause.
The manufacturing company, Great Lakes Cheese Co Inc., initiated a voluntary recall on October 3. The recall was recently updated by the FDA on December 1 and was classified as a Level II risk.
A Level II recall is “a situation where use or exposure to an infringing product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.”
In total, 263,575 cases of cheese are being recalled, the majority of which are shredded partially skimmed mozzarella cheese.
Baby formula
Boxes of baby formula sold in 10 states have been recalled because of a life-threatening bacterial risk.
ByHeart Inc., a New York-based infant food company, has pulled two batches of infant formula from shelves amid a federal investigation into dozens of botulism cases across the country.
ByHeart Inc. products. included in the recall were sold in Arizona, California, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Texas and Washington.
The company issued a voluntary recall on November 8, 2025, after the US Food and Drug Administration notified the manufacturer of a nationwide investigation into 83 cases of infant botulism reported since August.
However, several high-profile retailers have been accused of continuing to sell recalled infant formula – weeks after the product was recalled.
In a Dec. 12 notice, the FDA said that despite notifying retailers such as Target, Walmart and Kroger in writing about the recall more than a month ago, the affected products were still for sale at several locations.
“Despite these recall notices, subsequent regulatory visits confirmed that the recalled ByHeart Whole Nutrition Infant Formula remained available for purchase on shelves in at least four Walmart stores,” the FDA charged.
The FDA also said Target continued to sell the products in at least four stores.
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