Milk Chocolate Coating Recalled for Potential Salmonella Contamination
Clasen Quality Chocolate Inc. is recalling Milk Chocolate Flavored IC Coating distributed in nine states due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product is sold in bulk tanker format for use in food manufacturing.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
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 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: This recall involves a high-risk pathogen (Salmonella) without any reported illnesses or injuries. The source indicates potential contamination rather than confirmed illness, placing this in the High severity category per the rubric criterion for high-risk pathogens without reported illness.
Plain-English summary
Clasen Quality Chocolate Inc. is recalling 1057556 Milk Chocolate Flavored IC Coating (Item #56546) sold in bulk tanker format. The recall was initiated due to the potential for Salmonella contamination.
The affected product was distributed to commercial food manufacturers in California, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Washington. Approximately 2,667,280 pounds of product are subject to this recall.
Companies and food manufacturers who have received this product should cease use immediately and quarantine remaining stock. Affected businesses should contact Clasen Quality Chocolate Inc. for return authorization and disposal instructions. Retailers and distributors should check inventory for the affected lot codes and remove product from stock.
The recalled product
- Product
- 1057556 Milk Chocolate Flavored IC Coating, Item # 56546. Bulk tanker.
- Manufacturer
- Clasen Quality Chocolate Inc.
- 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 (20)
- 4042T207OTBD
- 4042T223OTBD
- 4042T226OTBD
- 4043T210OTBD
- 4043T217OTBD
- 4045T205OTBD
- 4046T224OTBD
- 4050T205OTBD
- 4050T206OTBD
- 4050T210OTBD
- 4052T207OTBD
- 4053T221OTBD
- 4054T223OTBD
- 4055T225OTBD
- 4055T227OTBD
- 4055T230OTBD
- 4057T208OTBD
- 4057T222OTBD
- 4060T220OTBD
- 4060T221OTBD
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 10 recalled by Clasen Quality 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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