U.S. FDA WARNS AMAZON-OWNED WHOLE FOODS FOR MISBRANDED PRODUCTS

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it has issued a warning letter to Amazon.com Inc’s Whole Foods Market for not labeling some products for the presence of food allergens, which led to a series of product recalls.

The supermarket chain, which was bought by Amazon in 2017 for $13.7 billion, has recalled more than 30 food products in the last year as the presence of major food allergens was not listed on product labels, the agency said, Reuters reported.

The products were mainly from the deli and bakery sections of the store, the FDA said.

Whole Foods is responsible for investigating and determining the causes of the violations identified and for preventing their recurrence, the FDA said in the letter issued to the company on Dec. 16.

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