FDA Food Recalls

Recalls / Class II

Class IIF-1016-2020

Product

Blanxart 85% Nicaragua Organic Dark Chocolate Bar, packaged in paper packaging with internal foil wrapper. Net weight 4.4 oz (125 g). UPC 8 32924 00058 9. Product's label is read in parts: "***BLANXART 85% NICARAGUA ORGANIC DARK CHOCOLATE***Organic dark chocolate, Cocoa 85% minimum. Ingredients: cocoa, cane sugar, cocoa butter *** BB Chocolate Group, SA c/Tambor del Bruc 13 -17 08970 Sant Joan Desp¿, Spain *** Made in Spain ***Imported by: Culinary Collective Lynnwood, WA ***".

Type
Food
Affected lot / code info
Product BX 418, Lot 19112031, date code stamp 3-10 with best by date of 3/27/2021. The code breaks down as follows: Product BX418 (importer code). 49085 (manufacturer code). Lot 19112031 with date code stamp 3-10.
Quantity
72 cases (16 bars per case)

Why it was recalled

A foreign object found by a consumer in dark chocolate bar.

Recalling firm

Firm
Power Selles Imports dba Culinary Collective
Notification channel
E-Mail
Type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Address
12407 Mukilteo Speedway Ste 245b, Lynnwood, Washington 98087-1518

Distribution

Distribution pattern
Distributed in ID, CA, OR, WA, UT and in CANADA.

Timeline

Recall initiated
2020-06-23
FDA classified
2020-07-06
Posted by FDA
2020-07-15
Terminated
2020-07-27
Status
Terminated

Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1016-2020. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.