Dutch Delight Peanut Butter Cups recalled for potential Salmonella contamination
Walnut Creek Chocolate Co Inc is recalling Dutch Delight Peanut Butter Cups due to potential Salmonella contamination. The recall affects 192 units with specific lot codes distributed across 30 states.
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 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class I recall. Per the severity rubric, FDA Class I recalls require a minimum severity score of 4. The hazard involves Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen, though no illnesses or deaths have been reported in the source text.
Plain-English summary
Walnut Creek Chocolate Co Inc is recalling Dutch Delight Peanut Butter Cups due to potential Salmonella contamination. The recalled products are packaged as 10-piece boxes or 10oz tub containers.
The affected product codes are DPBC01 and DPBC02, with lot codes 1334, 2007, and 2115. The recall involves 192 units that have been distributed across 30 states: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.
Consumers who have obtained the recalled product should not consume it and should discard it or return it to the place of purchase. Salmonella contamination can cause serious illness. Anyone who has consumed the product and developed symptoms of illness should contact a healthcare provider.
For more information about the recall or to report consumption of the affected product, consumers should contact Walnut Creek Chocolate Co Inc.
The recalled product
- Product
- Dutch Delight Peanut Butter Cup packaged as 10 piece or 10oz tub
- Manufacturer
- Walnut Creek Chocolate Co Inc
- Category
- Food — 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 (4)
- Product Codes: DPBC01
- DPBC02 Lot Codes: 1334
- 2007
- 2115
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 15 recalled by Walnut Creek Chocolate Co Inc 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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