Jer's Chocolates Recalls Peanut Butter Bars and Squares for Salmonella Risk
Jer's Chocolates is voluntarily recalling specific lots of peanut butter bars and squares due to potential Salmonella contamination from a supplier.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class I, which indicates a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death, meeting the criteria for a Severe rating.
Plain-English summary
Jer's Chocolates has initiated a voluntary limited recall of certain lots of its Gourmet Peanut Butter Bars and Gourmet Jer's Squares. The recall is in response to a voluntary recall by Sunland, Inc., a supplier of nut butter products, which identified a potential for Salmonella contamination in its products. Sunland, Inc. supplies the peanut butter used in the production of the recalled Jer's Chocolates items.
The affected products were produced between July 9, 2012, and September 24, 2012. The recall includes 192 pallets of Jer's Squares 16 oz Gable Box, Original/Pretzo, manufactured by Sweet's Candy Company in Salt Lake City, Utah. These products were distributed to distributors and retailers in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, California, Virginia, Washington, Iowa, and Texas. Affected items have Best-if-Used-By dates between July 9, 2013, and September 24, 2013, and specific lot numbers ranging from 12193 to 12250.
Consumers who have purchased these products should check their pantries for the specific lot numbers and expiration dates listed above. If they possess the affected items, they should stop consuming them and contact Jer's Chocolates for further instructions or a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- Jer's Squares 16 oz Gable Box, Original/Pretzo, UPC Code 837305006136, Manufactured by Sweet's Candy Company, Salt Lake City, UT.
- Manufacturer
- Jer's Chocolates
- Category
- Food — Candy / Confectionery
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 192
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (20)
- Best-if-Used-By-Dates between July 9
- 2013-September 24
- 2013
- Lot Numbers 12193
- 12194
- 12198
- 12199
- 12200
- 12201
- 12205
- 12206
- 12207
- 12208
- 12212
- 12213
- 12220
- 12229
- 12230
- 12233
- 12234
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 5 recalled by Jer's Chocolates under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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