Blount Fine Foods recalls Panera soup due to undeclared allergen

Blount Fine Foods is voluntarily recalling one lot, approximately 2,987 cases, of their  Panera at Home Lobster Bisque because it may contain egg, an undeclared allergen, according to a Department of Defense All Food and Drug Activity message sent April 15.

Consumers with egg allergies run the risk of serious or life-threatening allergic reactions if they consume this product.

The Defense Commissary Agency has publicized this recall to all its stores, said Richard Stith, Chief, Public Health Division, DeCA headquarters at Fort Lee, Virginia. Whenever a commissary has recalled or withdrawn products in its inventory, they are immediately removed from store shelves.

The following product is affected by this recall:
•    Panera at Home Lobster Bisque, 16 ounces: UPC 077958690300 with a “best before” date of May 17 and a lot number of 030821-11K.

A limited quantity of this product was distributed across 20 states which include: California, Colorado, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. No other Panera at Home or Blount products are affected by this recall and there have been no reports of illness.

Customers should return this product to the commissary of purchase for a full refund.

Customers can also visit www.blountfinefoods.com/recall for product reimbursement.

Questions about this recall can be directed to Blount Fine Foods Customer Care at 1-866-674-4519, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.