Popular Baby Food Pouches Recalled Nationwide Over Plastic Concern

The company said the pouches were sold at Kroger, Meijer, and Target between March 6 and July 13.

Published: 7/23/2026, 1:11:09 AM EDT

Popular Baby Food Pouches Recalled Nationwide Over Plastic Concern — Several Pumpkin Tree fruit pouches at a store in Los Angeles on Dec. 1, 2025. (Shutterstock)

Oregon-based PT Organics Limited has voluntarily recalled a batch of its Pumpkin Tree Peter Rabbit Organics baby food pouches sold nationwide at Kroger, Meijer, and Target, after inspectors found that some pouches may contain a strand of soft plastic.

According to the company's July 21 announcement, the recall targets banana-strawberry-flavored, 4-ounce pouches and stems from a packaging defect rather than an issue with the food itself. The company said the pouches were sold at the three retail chains between March 6 and July 13.

The company's recall notice was posted on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) website as a public service measure.

PT Organics said the problem surfaced after its packaging supplier recalled a defective production run of pouches last week, prompting the company to inspect its own finished products. Those inspections confirmed that a small number of pouches made with the flawed packaging had a strand of soft, food-grade plastic stuck to the interior, the company said. As of the July 21 announcement, PT Organics reported no injuries linked to the contamination.

The company said that the recall is limited in scope, stating that no other Pumpkin Tree products, flavors or best-before dates are affected.

How to Identify Affected Pouches

Consumers can check whether they have a recalled pouch by looking for specific markings stamped in black ink on the back of the packaging. The identifying codes include:

Barcode 8 15367 01078 0
Lane number "4," printed on the rear right-hand seam
Best-before dates of Jan. 19, 2027; Jan. 20, 2027; March 17, 2027; March 18, 2027; May 14, 2027; or May 15, 2027

PT Organics is urging anyone who has a matching pouch to throw it away or return it to the retailer where it was purchased, and to avoid eating it or feeding it to another person. Customers with questions can reach the company's consumer support line at 888-566-2363, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time, or visit its website.

Scare in Central Europe

The Pumpkin Tree recall follows a separate and more alarming baby food scare that unfolded in Central Europe in April, when jars of HiPP-brand baby food were found to contain rat poison. Authorities in Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic pulled HiPP products from shelves after samples of carrot-and-potato purée jars tested positive for the poison, which was believed to have been deliberately tampered with.

Austrian Health Minister Korinna Schumann called the incident "deeply disturbing" at the time, saying, " that someone is apparently willing to endanger the health of babies for criminal motives," Schumann told Austria Presse Agentur. HiPP maintained that the contamination did not originate at its facilities, saying the jars "left our HiPP facility in perfect condition.”