Sugar Daddy Caramel and Pecan Apples Recalled Due to Listeria Outbreak
Sugar Daddy LTD is recalling caramel apples linked to a Listeria monocytogenes outbreak. Consumers should not eat the product.
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 states that CDC epidemiologists have linked an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes illness to the product, indicating reported illness. Additionally, the agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a score of at least 4, but the confirmed outbreak elevates it to Critical.
Plain-English summary
Sugar Daddy LTD is recalling Caramel and Pecan Apples labeled as Merbs Candies, Bionic Apple, St. Louis. The product was individually packaged in plastic wrappers. The recall involves 70,500 wholesale caramel apples (30 apples/case) and 39,500 retail caramel apples.
The recall is being conducted because CDC epidemiologists have linked an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes illness to caramel apples. Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness.
The product was distributed wholesale to supermarkets and other retailers in eastern Missouri and southern Illinois. The firm also distributed the apples via its local retail store and via the internet to consumers nationwide. No specific lot codes are applied to the product.
Consumers should not eat the recalled caramel apples. Those who have purchased the product should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Caramel and Pecan Apple labeled as Merbs Candies, Bionic Apple, St. Louis individually packaged in plastic wrappers.
- Manufacturer
- Sugar Daddy LTD
- Category
- Food — Candy / 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 (1)
- no codes are applied to product
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 2 recalled by Sugar Daddy LTD 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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