Massive Recall Of Meatballs, Chicken, Fish Tied To Mislabeled Bread Crumbs

If you want some idea of the complex interconnections of the packaged food industry, just try to figure out how one seemingly innocuous ingredient could lead to massive recalls of millions of units of everything from fish sticks to meatballs to chicken fingers. The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced a huge number of recalls, all apparently linked back to mislabeled bread crumbs that, unknown to the companies that used the ingredient, contained milk — a known allergen. You may not have an allergy to milk, but hundreds of thousands of Americans do — particularly young children.