The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereFDA (Food)·F-3609-2017·Announced 2017-10-11

Cargill Recalls Shoprite Chocolate Chips for Undeclared Milk

Cargill is recalling Shoprite Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips due to undeclared milk. The recall affects specific 24-ounce packages sold in six states.

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 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classified this recall as Class I — 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. On that classification alone this is scored Severe; a score of Critical is reserved for recalls where a death or serious injury was reported. The agency gives the reason as: "Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate is recalling Shoprite Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips due to undeclared milk."

Plain-English summary

Cargill Cocoa and Chocolate, Inc. is recalling Shoprite Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, Net Wt. 24 oz., due to undeclared milk. The affected products have UPC 41190-02668 and best by dates of 4-11-2019 and 4-12-2019. The code information for the recalled items is 10117AMAX and 10217AMAX.

The recall involves 48,420 pounds of the product. These chocolate chips were distributed to Shop Rite, The Fresh Grocer, and other retail stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania.

Consumers with these specific products should check their pantry for the listed UPC, best by dates, and code information. If they have the affected chocolate chips, they should stop using them and return them to the place of purchase or dispose of them.

The recalled product

Product
Shoprite Real Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, Net Wt. 24 oz., UPC 41190-02668 best by dates 4-11-2019 and 4-12-2019.

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)

  • 10117AMAX and 10217AMAX / BEST BY 4-11-2019 and 4-12-2019

Distribution

Distributed in 6 states:

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