Over 44,000 Fruit Cocktail Cans Recalled for Potential Lead Contamination
Over 44,000 Fruit Cocktail Cans Recalled for Potential Lead Contamination
Chiara KimFri, October 23, 2026 at 5:39 PM UTC
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Over 44,000 cans of fruit cocktail sold at Walmart have been recalled -
A recall of fruit cocktail items sold at Walmart due to potential lead contamination was marked by the FDA as a Class II recall
The affected Great Value cans were distributed across seven states and have a September 2027 best-by date
Walmart said it addresses recalls by removing the products from stores and blocking sales online and at registers
A recall for a fruit cocktail product sold at Walmart has received the FDA’s second-highest warning level.
Pacific Coast Producers voluntarily recalled a lot of Great Value Fruit Cocktail in Fruit Juice from Concentrate on Oct. 1, and the recall received a Class II classification from the FDA on Oct. 20, per an enforcement report.
A Class II recall indicates that “use of or exposure to” the affected fruit cocktail items “may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences” or that there is a “remote” probability of serious health consequences, per the FDA.
According to the enforcement report, the manufacturer recalled the fruit cocktail items due to “potential contamination with elevated levels of lead.”
Per the FDA, “there is no known safe level of exposure to lead.”
The recall affects over 44,000 15-oz. cans of Great Value Fruit Cocktail in Fruit Juice from Concentrate distributed by Walmart with the lot number 6FCB 04 C2263.
The FDA designated the recall as Class II on Oct. 20
The affected items have a best if used by date of Sept. 1, 2027 and UPC 078742369570.
1,836 cases with 24 fruit cocktail cans per case were included in the recall, meaning that 44,064 cans were affected.
Per the enforcement report, the recalled items were distributed in Alabama, Arizona, Louisiana, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Washington and Wyoming.
“Safety is a top priority,” a Walmart spokesperson told PEOPLE in a statement. “When notified of recalls, we move quickly to remove the impacted products from our stores and implement a sales block at registers and online.”
They added, “We work closely with our suppliers as they investigate recall related issues.”
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Pacific Coast Producers did not immediately reply to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
The fruit cocktail recall classification comes days after a separate recall of over 1.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and poultry products by Kayem Foods Inc.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Oct. 17 that the company recalled items that “may have experienced temperature abuse during storage.”
The FSIS classified the recall as Class I, meaning it is a “health hazard situation” with a “reasonable probability that use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death,” per the agency’s website.
The recall affected items including sausages made with pork and chicken, bacon, brisket and hot dogs shipped to retail and foodservice locations in the U.S. and Hong Kong, per the FSIS.
The potential temperature issue was uncovered following a customer complaint of “warm product temperatures at point of delivery” on Oct. 1, per the notice.
An investigation found that the company stored various items in a warehouse cooler that experienced temperature deviations, according to the FSIS.
The full list of affected items, along with their UPC codes, can be found at the USDA’s website.
“Our business depends on providing consumers with safe food of the highest quality,” said Kayem Foods President and CEO Matt Monkiewicz in a statement on the company’s website. “Out of an abundance of caution, we are undertaking this voluntary recall.”
“We take food safety very seriously and apologize to our valued consumers. Our management team takes full responsibility. We have learned from and corrected the issue and will not allow this to happen again,” the statement said.
No confirmed reports of illness have stemmed from the products, but consumers are advised to discard or return the items, as Kayem Foods said it is contacting its retail and wholesale customers on how to identify and dispose of the recalled items.
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