Green & Black's Organic Peanut Chocolate Bar Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Mondelez Global is recalling Green & Black's Organic Peanut & Sea Salt Milk Chocolate Bars because the peanuts may be contaminated with Salmonella.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The source text explicitly identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 (Critical) according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Mondelez Global LLC is voluntarily recalling Green & Black's Organic Peanut & Sea Salt Milk Chocolate Bars (3.5 oz.) in the United States. This action is taken in response to a recent expanded recall of certain peanut products by Sunland Inc. in Portales, New Mexico.
The recalled chocolate bars contain peanuts supplied by Sunland. According to Sunland, these peanuts may be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall covers 558 cases, with 120 bars in each case, distributed nationwide. The affected products have UPC 708656 100562 and code dates of October 26, 2012, October 27, 2012, October 30, 2012, or November 1, 2012.
Consumers who have purchased these specific bars should stop consuming them and check their code dates and UPC against the information provided. The FDA has classified this as a Class I recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
The recalled product
- Product
- Green & Black's Organic Peanut & Sea Salt Milk Chocolate Bar NET WT. 3.5 oz (100g). UPC 708656 100562.
- Manufacturer
- Mondelez Global Llc
- Category
- Food — Chocolate / Confectionery
- Hazard
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 (7)
- UPC - 708656 100562
- Code Dates: Oct 26
- 2012
- Oct 27
- Oct 30
- Nov 1
- 2012.
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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