Asher's Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Cups Recalled for Salmonella Risk
Asher's Chocolate Co. is recalling specific lots of Peanut Butter Caramel 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 meets the criteria for a High severity score (3) under the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Ashers Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc. is recalling Asher's Chocolate Co. Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Caramel Cups (2.25 oz., 24 piece box) because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The recall involves 65 units with lot numbers 000337412 and 000335555.
The affected product was 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 these specific lot numbers. If they have the recalled product, they should stop eating it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Asher's Chocolate Co. Milk Chocolate (09661) Peanut Butter Caramel Cup 2.25 oz.; 24 piece box.;
- Manufacturer
- Ashers Chocolates/Lewistown, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Chocolate Confectionery
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 65
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 (2)
- Lot #'s: 000337412
- 000335555
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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