Gravypedia The encyclopaedia of gravy
🥄 Gravy Finder

🚨 Disasters

Recalls, contamination, spoilage and the time Britain ran out.

5 pages in this section

Gravy disasters
A chronicle of spillage, spoilage and shortage
A record of documented gravy disasters — contamination, spoilage, mislabelling and shortage — in the commercial supply chain that puts gravy on shop shelves and restauran…
The gravy identity crisis
United States, November 2016 — the right gravy in a jar with the wrong label
In November 2016, Heinz recalled around 500 cases of Bistro Au Jus Gravy after some jars were labelled as pork gravy, leaving milk and soy undeclared.
The great gravy drought
United Kingdom, March 2018 — KFC reopens its restaurants, then runs out of gravy
In March 2018, KFC ran short of gravy across the United Kingdom, following the chicken supply crisis that had already closed hundreds of its restaurants.
The lead-contaminated beef and gravy
United States, October 2021 — 238 tonnes of canned beef with gravy withdrawn over a spice mix
In October 2021, Crider Foods recalled 525,717 pounds — about 238 tonnes — of canned beef with gravy because a spice mix supplied to it could contain unsafe levels of lea…
The refrigeration failure
United States, September 2024 — a refrigerated trailer malfunctions, and gravy is recalled
In September 2024, gravy was among the Reser's products recalled after a refrigerated trailer malfunction created a spoilage risk. The affected truckload reached one dist…