New York Recalls La Trafila Fresh Pasta Over Undeclared Milk and Wheat Allergens

New York State Agriculture Commissioner Richard A. Ball alerted consumers on March 18 that La Trafila, the Brooklyn fresh-pasta maker operating out of 65 15th St., had recalled dozens of refrigerated and frozen products after state inspectors found that numerous labels listed cheeses and specialty flours without declaring milk or wheat in the allergen statement as required by federal law.

The labeling failure runs across both sides of the company's business. Consumer-sized plastic and cardboard packages are affected, as are bulk non-flex plastic containers sold to restaurants and shops throughout the city. Among the items named in the state's alert: Ricotta & Lemon Green Tortelli (frozen, Best By 02/19/27), whose label lists Ricotta Cheese and Parmesan Cheese but omits any declaration of milk; and two separate bulk lots of Ricotta & Spinach Cappellacci (frozen, Best By dates 11/21/26 and 09/04/27), whose labels list Ricotta, Pecorino, and Parmesan Cheese while similarly failing to name milk as an allergen.

PIX11 reporting identified additional affected products, including refrigerated consumer-sized Tomato & Mozzarella Gnocchi (Best By 02/19/26) and four bulk items where durum flour appears on the ingredient list but wheat goes undeclared in the allergen statement: Lemon Bucatini (Best By 03/21/26), Mezzi Rigatoni (Best By 03/23/26), Strascinati (Best By 03/16/26), and Mafalde (Best By 03/23/26). The full SKU list, which spans dozens of shapes and flavors according to multiple outlets, is available through the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.

The Department's alert is direct: "Consumers who purchased LA TRAFILA PASTA PRODUCTS covered under this recall who are allergic to milk and/or wheat should not consume these products." Milk and wheat are two of the nine major food allergens recognized by the FDA, and exposure for someone with a sensitivity can produce serious or life-threatening reactions. As of the alert's issuance, no illnesses had been reported to the Department in connection with these products.

The recall is a labeling issue, not a contamination event. The cheeses and flours were always present in the recipes; the problem is that the allergen statement on many packages simply did not call them out by their common allergen names as labeling regulations require.

Restaurants and food-service operations that received La Trafila product in bulk non-flex plastic containers are instructed to request revised labels or updated ingredient declarations from the company so that milk and wheat appear clearly, and to pull affected inventory until corrected documentation is in hand. La Trafila can be reached at info@latrafilapasta.com. The company also sells pasta kits bundled with sauce, and those products fall within the scope of the recall alert as well.