Walmart Recalls 2025: Canned Tuna Products Recalled Due to Botulism Risk
We'll continue updating this running list of the recalls announced by Walmart throughout 2025.
Updated Feb. 11 2025, 10:36 a.m. ET
Before you head to the grocery store, it's important to keep an eye on the news for food recalls. Although they may seem intimidating or scary, food recalls protect consumers from potentially eating food that could make them sick. Typically, recalls from large companies like Trader Joe's or Walmart mean that if you have purchased the recalled items, you can return them for a refund or dispose of them.
Keep reading for all of the Walmart recalls you need to know about in 2025.
On Feb. 7, 2025, Tri-Union Seafoods voluntarily recalled its canned tuna products sold in several grocery stores.
Tri-Union Seafoods announced a voluntary recall of select products due to a defect in the tuna cans' "easy open" lids. According to a press release by the company, this defect could potentially "compromise the integrity of the product seal (especially over time), causing it to leak, or worse, be contaminated with clostridium botulinum."
Products featured in this recall were sold under the H-E-B, Trader Joe's, Genova, and Van Camp's labels and distributed nationwide at grocery stores such as Walmart, Costco, Trader Joe's, Kroger, and Publix, per The Independent.
The FDA recall website has a full list of the UPC and Best if Used By dates. As of this writing, no illnesses have been reported associated with the recall.
On Jan. 27, 2025, Walmart updated its recall on ready-to-eat broccoli florets to a Class I.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Braga Fresh, makers of Marketside Broccoli Florets, voluntarily recalled a single production lot of its products on Dec. 31, 2024. The recall was for ready-to-eat 12-ounce bags of broccoli florets that were potentially contaminated with listeria.
Products were sold in Walmarts across twenty states, including Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming.
On Jan. 27, 2025, however, USA Today reports the FDA updated its categorization to a Class I recall, the highest possible risk level, indicating consumption of contaminated products could lead to death. Recalled products have the following details:
- Lot code BFFG327A6.
- UPC Code 6 81131 32884 5.
- Best-if-used-by date of Dec. 10, 2025.
If you have the recalled products in your home, the FDA advises you to
In January 2025, Walmart recalled over 2,000 cases of chicken broth recalled in 9 states.
On Jan. 13, 2025, an announcement posted to the FDA website said that Walmart was voluntarily recalling just over 2,000 cases of chicken broth for "Potential for packaging failures that could compromise the sterility of the product, resulting in spoilage."
The lot code information on the recalled broth is: Used by date: MAR 25, 2026, Lot code: 98F09234, Retail Unit UPC: 007874206684, Case UPC: 078742066844, per the FDA announcement.
The recalled products were sold in 242 stores in nine states, per USA Today. Those states include Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.
A spokesperson for the retail giant gave a statement to USA Today as well, saying, "The health and safety of our customers is always a top priority. As soon as we were made aware of the issue, we took action to remove all impacted (products) from … select, impacted stores. We are continuing to work with the supplier to investigate."
This article, originally published on Jan. 15, 2025, has been updated.