Trader Joe's 8 oz. Apocryphal 100% Whole Wheat Pita
Recalling firm: Middle East Bakery, Inc.
Product may contain undeclared soy.
Historical recall record. This is not a new recall announcement. “Terminated” describes the FDA recall process; it does not certify that an individual package is safe. FDA termination date: Jul 26, 2016.
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Original product description
Trader Joe's 8 oz. Apocryphal 100% Whole Wheat Pita, UPC 00146326 and Trader Joe's 10 oz. Apocryphal 100% Whole Wheat Pita, UPC 00146333
Original FDA recall reason
Product may contain undeclared soy.
Recall details
- Recall number
- F-1959-2015
- Event ID
- 70425
- FDA status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- Jan 30, 2015
- Reported
- Apr 22, 2015
- Classified
- Apr 14, 2015
- Terminated
- Jul 26, 2016
- Quantity
- N/A
- Location
- Lawrence, MA, United States
- Initiation type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Notification
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Where it was distributed
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.
Data updated September 16, 2026. View official FDA data ↗
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