Asher's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Asher's Chocolate Co. is recalling specific lots of peanut butter cups due to potential Salmonella contamination. Consumers should check lot numbers and stop eating 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 severity 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 Peanut Butter Cups. The recall involves four product variations: Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup 2.35 oz. (24 pc./box.), Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Mini (4 lb.), Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup 2.35 oz. (24/box.), and Disney Peanut Butter Cup 2 (24 piece box). The total quantity recalled is 737 units.
The recall is being conducted because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected products were distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, 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. If they possess any of the affected lots, they should stop consuming the product and contact the manufacturer for further instructions or a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- Asher's Chocolate Co. Milk Chocolate (09611) Peanut Butter Cup 2.35 oz.; 24 pc./box.; Asher's Chocolate Co. Milk Chocolate (09618) Peanut Butter Cup Mini; 4 lb..; Asher's Chocolate Co. Milk Chocolate (11806) Peanut Butter Cup; 2.35 oz. 24/box.; Asher's Chocolate Co. Milk…
- Manufacturer
- Ashers Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Confectionery
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 737
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 (15)
- (09611)Lot #'s: 000337363
- 000336091
- 000336447
- 000335716
- (09618): Lot #'s: 000335927
- (11806) Peanut Butter Cup: Lot #'s: 000335464
- 000335967
- 000336870
- 000337310
- 000337561
- 000336199
- 000336615
- 000337779
- 000338158
- (82024): Lot #: 000337150
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.
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