The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-2028-2017·Announced 2017-04-26

Asher's Chocolate Coconut Cluster Products Recalled for Salmonella Risk

Asher's Chocolate Co is recalling specific lots of Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating Coconut Cluster products due to potential Salmonella contamination.

What this means for you

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 score of 3 (High) per the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Ashers Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc. is recalling specific lots of Asher's Chocolate Co, Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating (48154) SF Coconut Cluster (cupped) and (64631) SF Coconut Cluster. The recall involves 100 units of these products.

The recall is being issued because the products have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected products were distributed in numerous states across the United States, including Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Wyoming.

Consumers should check their pantries for the specific lot numbers listed in the recall notice: 000333849 and 000333932 for product code 48154, and 000332479, 000333374, and 000334887 for product code 64631. If you have these products, you should stop using them and contact the recalling firm for instructions on how to return them or dispose of them safely.

The recalled product

Product
Asher's Chocolate Co, Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating (48154) SF Coconut Cluster (cupped) ; Net Wt. 5 lb.; Asher's Chocolate Co, Milk Chocolate Flavored Coating (64631) SF Coconut Cluster; 4 oz. (12/box);
Affected units
100

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 (5)

  • (48154) Lot #'s: 000333849
  • 000333932
  • (64631): Lot #'s: 000332479
  • 000333374
  • 000334887

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 →