Treehouse Foods Recalls Dark Chocolate Cranberry Products Due to Listeria Risk
Treehouse Foods is recalling Best Choice Dark Chocolate Cranberry products because they may contain sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of 5 according to the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Treehouse Foods is voluntarily recalling Best Choice Dark Chocolate Cranberry products (UPC 070038638285) with a Best By/Date Code of 3/14/2017. The recall is being conducted because the products may be impacted by sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall involves 92,865 cases of the product. Distribution included 37 U.S. states and three countries: Honduras, Nicaragua, and Chile. The specific states listed are AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NM, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, and WY.
Consumers should check their pantries for the specific product and date code listed above. If they have the affected product, they should discard it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- UPC 070038638285, Best Choice Dark Chocolate Cranberry, Best By/Date Code: 3/14/2017
- Manufacturer
- Treehouse Foods
- Category
- Food — Baked Goods
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 92,865
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)
- Best By/Date Code: 3/14/2017
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 55 recalled by Treehouse Foods 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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