Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers Recalled for Salmonella Contamination
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate Inc is recalling Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers due to possible Salmonella contamination. Affected lots were distributed across multiple 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 recall is FDA Class I, which per the rubric requires a minimum severity score of 4. The hazard involves Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen, though no illnesses have been reported.
Plain-English summary
Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate Inc is recalling Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers (Item code K121M) due to possible contamination with Salmonella. The recall involves 795 boxes distributed with the following lot codes and best-if-used-by dates: Lot 220302AF (best-if-used-by 6/2/2022), Lot 220216AJ (best-if-used-by 5/16/2022), and Lot 220209AF (best-if-used-by 5/9/2022).
The recalled product was distributed to consumers across multiple states including Pennsylvania, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Massachusetts, Washington, Indiana, Iowa, Georgia, Illinois, New Jersey, and New York.
Consumers with this product should dispose of it or return it to the retailer where it was purchased. Do not consume the product.
The recalled product
- Product
- Milk Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Ritz Crackers 8 pieces. Item code: K121M
- Manufacturer
- Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate Inc
- Category
- Food — Snacks / Crackers
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 795
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 7 recalled by Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate 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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