FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class I

Class IF-0532-2016

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

Dove Chocolate Assortment Snowflakes Net. Wt. 24.0 oz. Distributed by Mars Chocolate na, llc Hackettstown, NJ 07840-1503 USA UPC 400050521

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
Code and Best Before Dates include: 537CG4PA30: Best Before 9/2016 537DG4PA30: Best Before 9/2016 538AG4PA30: Best Before 9/2016 538AM4PA30: Best Before 9/2016 541AG4PA20: Best Before 10/2016 542EM4PA20: Best Before 10/2016
Quantity
6582 cases

Why it was recalled

Dove Chocolate Assortment Snowflakes may contain undeclared peanuts, what and egg ingredients.

Recalling firm

Firm
Mars Chocolate North America
Notification channel
Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
700 High St, N/A, Hackettstown, New Jersey 07840-1502

Distribution

Distribution pattern
AZ, GA, MA, MS, OH, VA, CA, IA, MD, NH, OK, VT, CO, IL, ME, NJ, OR, WA, CT, IN, MI, NM, PA, WI, DE, KS, MN, NV, RI, WY, FL, KY, MO, NY and TX.

Timeline

Recall initiated
2015-12-17
FDA classified
2016-02-02
Posted by FDA
2016-02-10
Terminated
2017-09-05
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0532-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.