FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-0181-2021

Class I— FDA's most serious classification, issued when there is a reasonable probability that consumption of or exposure to the product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

Product

CACAO MARKET MARIE BELLE NEW YORK; Dark Chocolate Pearls; Ingredients: Cocoa bean, sugar, biscuit cereals (wheat flour, sugar, wheat malt, wheat starch, raising agent: E500ii, palm oil, salt, vanilla flavoring 17%, cocoa butter, emulsifier (soy lecithin), natural vanilla extract; This product may contain traces of nuts, egg protein, peanut and lupine; Net Weight. 5oz

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
All product within expiry. UPC: 8 77708 00250 2
Quantity
21-5oz cylinders

Why it was recalled

Product contains undeclared milk.

Recalling firm

Firm
Maribel's Sweets, Inc.
Notification channel
Press Release
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
38 Dobbin St, N/A, Brooklyn, New York 11222-3110

Distribution

Distribution pattern
CT, NY, IL, MT, HI, TX, NJ, GA, MI, ME, OH, PA, MA

Timeline

Recall initiated
2020-12-01
FDA classified
2020-12-18
Posted by FDA
2020-12-30
Terminated
2021-03-04
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0181-2021. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.