Overview
- This week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration reclassified Utz’s voluntary recall of select Zapp’s and Dirty potato chips as Class I, its strongest warning that use could cause serious illness or death.
- Utz expanded the recall in early July to include roughly one million additional bags and published detailed UPCs, lot codes and best‑by dates that run from late July through August 2026.
- The recall traces to a seasoning that used milk powder supplied by California Dairies, Inc., and that supplier has also issued a precautionary recall of the implicated milk powder.
- Utz says affected seasoning lots tested negative for salmonella and the company has received no reports of illness, but regulators and the brand are acting preventively because of the supplier alert.
- Consumers should not eat the listed products, should discard them or contact Utz for a refund at 1‑877‑423‑0149, and retailers must remove identified SKUs while the FDA monitors compliance and potential health reports.