Gold Star Distribution recalls all its human food products over possible rodent exposure at its distribution center
Rodents may have been active in the company's distribution center, so food it handled, including snacks, canned goods, baby food and supplements, may have been exposed.
What to do
Check your pantry for food from Gold Star Distribution, which was sold in IN, MN and ND. The notice does not give further instructions, so read the official notice for details.
Recall details
- Product
- All human food products distributed from the firm. Including but not limited to: snack foods, candy, gum, cooking oil, canned fruit and beans, honey, Dietary supplements, peanut butter, oatmeal, rice, dry peas and beans, ramen, cold cereal, hot sauce, lemon juice, crackers, canned sardines tuna and Oyster, sauces, seasonings, sugar, bottled and canned beverages, coffee and filters and creamer…
- Company
- Gold Star Distribution INC
- Hazard
- Potential exposure of rodents and rodent activity in the distribution center.
- Units
- unknown
- Where sold
- IN, MN, ND
- FDA classification
- Class II · Ongoing
- Classified by FDA
- January 22, 2026
- Recall started
- December 26, 2025
- FDA enforcement report
- January 28, 2026
- Identifiers
- Codes: all codes of products purchased from this firm.
- FDA recall number: H-0411-2026
The headline, summary and steps above are written in plain English from the official notice below. Identifiers are copied exactly as the agency published them. Always check the official notice before you act.
Official notice
The notice's own wording from FDA.
- Product
- All human food products distributed from the firm. Including but not limited to: snack foods, candy, gum, cooking oil, canned fruit and beans, honey, Dietary supplements, peanut butter, oatmeal, rice, dry peas and beans, ramen, cold cereal, hot sauce, lemon juice, crackers, canned sardines tuna and Oyster, sauces, seasonings, sugar, bottled and canned beverages, coffee and filters and creamer, tea bags, canned pasta, dates, flour, baby food
- Reason for recall
- Potential exposure of rodents and rodent activity in the distribution center.
- Classification
- Class II (Ongoing)
- Distribution
- IN, MN, ND
- Quantity
- unknown
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