We live in a time when much ado is made over the price of butter, which makes it all the more egregious that Costco was just forced to recall a lot of the dairy product for what many have called a very silly reason.

The recall was initiated by the makers of Kirkland-brand butter last month, after it was determined that some of the packaging may be missing required language.

The retailing chain has recalled 80,000 pounds of butter because its packaging omitted an allergen warning. It follows a more dramatic packaging stumble from Mattel last week.

Save the addition of salt, spices and other add-ins for taste, butter is a single-ingredient food. So, it may come as a surprise that on October 11, the FDA recalled 80,000 pounds of Costco brand butter for containing its only ingredient: milk.

An October recall of Kirkland Signature butter was updated to a Class II recall. The Sweet Cream Kirkland Signature butters, unsalted and salted, are affected. Keep reading for specific product details and the recall reasoning.

Nearly 80,000 pounds of Costco butter was recalled because its packaging was missing the "Contains Milk statement."

The recall includes Kirkland Signature unsalted sweet cream butter and Kirkland Signature salted sweet cream butter.

"Nobody better lay a finger on my butter" isn't a complete sentence, but Costco recalled 79,200 lbs. of the yellow gold recently for a relatively dumb reason.

Last month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recalled almost 80,000 pounds of Costco's popular store-brand butter due to a crucial labeling error. While the butter listed "cream" as an ingredient,