The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-2021-2017·Announced 2017-04-26

Asher's Chocolate Co English Toffee Slab Recalled for Salmonella Risk

Asher's Chocolate Co is recalling English Toffee Slab products due to potential Salmonella contamination. Consumers should stop using the product.

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 a high-risk pathogen (Salmonella) without reported illness, which corresponds to a High severity score under the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Ashers Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc. is recalling Asher's Chocolate Co, Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating (38605) English Toffee Slab, Net Wt. 5 lb. The recall involves 48 units of the product.

The recall is being issued because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected lots are identified by the following lot numbers: 000334351, 000334771, 000335226, and 000337581.

The product was distributed in the following states and districts: AL, AR, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, ND, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, and WY. Consumers should check their pantries for these specific lot numbers and stop using the product if found.

The recalled product

Product
Asher's Chocolate Co, Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating (38605) English Toffee Slab; Net Wt. 5 lb;
Affected units
48

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 (4)

  • LOT #'S: 000334351
  • 000334771
  • 000335226
  • 000337581

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 87 recalled by Ashers Chocolates/Lewistown, 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 87 products in this recall →

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