According to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Frito-Lay Chips issued a recall for its beloved Lay’s Classic Potato Chips due to a heightened risk of “serious or life-threatening allergic reaction[s].” We have everything you need to know about the recall, including what to do if you have contaminated products in your home.
What you need to know about the Lay’s chips recall
The Frito-Lay company announced the recall after receiving complaints that “a limited number of 13 oz. bags of Lay’s Classic Potato Chips that may contain undeclared milk.”
This means that certain bags of chips that the company sent out contained milk but did not mark them as such.
In doing so, people with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk run the risk of allergic reactions if they consume the recalled product. The company has recalled them to try to avoid any “life-threatening” or “serious” complications that could come from eating the unmarked products.
As of now, the recall has only been issued in Oregon and Washington states, although according to the FDA, people in those states could have bought the mislabeled bags of chips as early as November 3. However, no allergy outbreaks have been reported thus far.