A paprika grist called Szegedi was withdrawn in the United States

Because of the possible allergy content of peanut, the Szegedi Sweet Hungarian Paprika was withdrawn in the United States. The product was sold between September 18, 2014 and October 13, 2014 to distributors located in several states of the US .

The problem was brought to the distributor Spiceco’s attention on January 27, 2015 after the Tennessee Department of Agriculture conducted routine retail food product sampling in the Cleveland area on a 5 oz container of Pride of Szeged Hungarian Paprika which revealed the presence of peanut allergen. Lot number 091617PAHU05PS showed positive for the presence of a peanut allergen not disclosed on the product label.

No illnesses or allergic reactions have been reported to date. (MTI)