Winter Gardens Chips & Chocolate Dessert Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Winter Gardens Quality Foods is recalling Chips & Chocolate dessert trays due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product was distributed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
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 agency classification is FDA Class I, which is defined as a serious health hazard. Additionally, the recall involves Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen, which meets the criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Winter Gardens Quality Foods, Inc. is recalling 138 five-pound trays of Chips & Chocolate, a layered dessert containing chocolate mousse, whipped topping, and chocolate chips. The recall is being issued because the product is potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
The affected product is identified by UPC Code 010742015408. Specific lot numbers involved are 573, 577, 583, 589, and 595. The expiration dates for these units range from January 15, 2019, to February 6, 2019. The total quantity recalled is 690 pounds.
The product was distributed in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Consumers who have purchased this product should check their freezers for the specific lot numbers and expiration dates listed above. If the product is found, it should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Chips & Chocolate, A layered dessert with chocolate mousse layer on the bottom, with a white whipped topping layer on top topped with chocolate chips, 5 lb. tray, UPC Code 010742015408
- Manufacturer
- Winter Gardens Quality Foods, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Dessert
- 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 (8)
- Lot/Unit Numbers: 573 (32 units)
- 577 (39)
- 583 (36)
- 589 (23)
- 1/19/19
- 1/25/19
- 1/31/19
- 2/6/19
Distribution
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