Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·F-1878-2017·Announced 2017-04-12

IKEA Recalls Chocolate Products for Undeclared Milk, Almond, and Hazelnut Allergens

IKEA is recalling specific chocolate products due to undeclared milk, almond, and hazelnut allergens. Consumers with allergies should not consume these items.

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: The recall involves allergen mislabeling on common allergens (milk, almond, hazelnut), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

IKEA North America Services, LLC is voluntarily recalling certain IKEA chocolate products, including Choklad Not, Choklad Mork, and other varieties, due to undeclared allergens. The products may contain milk, hazelnuts, and/or almonds that are not properly declared on the packaging. The recall covers all Best Before dates for products sold between April 30, 2015, and July 1, 2016.

The recall is an allergy alert intended to protect consumers with food allergies. For the specific Choklad Not Milk Chocolate with Hazelnut product, the manufacturing process adds undeclared almond, although the label includes a 'May Contain' statement for almond. The agency classification for this recall is Class II.

Consumers with allergies to milk, almonds, or hazelnuts should not consume these products. The recalled items were distributed in various states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington.

The recalled product

Product: Choklad Not; Milk Chocolate with hazelnut Net Wt 3.5 OZ; IKEA Produced in Spain For: IKEA Food Services, AB, Almhultsgatan 2, SE-21586 Malmo, Sweden.
Manufacturer: Ikea North America Srvcs Inc
Category: Food — Chocolate / Confectionery
Hazard: allergen-milk
allergen-almond
allergen-hazelnut
mis-labeling
Affected units: 2,378,800

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)

All Best By dates

Distribution

Distributed in 24 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 6 recalled by Ikea North America Srvcs 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.

See all 6 products in this recall →

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