Food recall

Mars Chocolate North America recall: Mars Chocolate North America Milk Chocolate M & M's Net Wt

Mars Chocolate North America, of Hackettstown, NJ, recalled Mars Chocolate North America Milk Chocolate M & M's Net Wt. The FDA's reason: “Mars Chocolate North America is recalling M & Ms due to undeclared peanuts.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 19, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 15, 2014. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed April 28, 2015

The recall

Company
Mars Chocolate North America (Hackettstown, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Mars Chocolate North America is recalling M & Ms due to undeclared peanuts.”
Where it was sold
NC, TX, MN, IL, FL, KY, MS, AZ, GA, AI, CA NJ, PA, WA NY, CO, MO, MI, NH, CT, TN, MD, SC, OH, ME, VA, RI, WI, WV, IA, LA, OK, MA, NE, OK, AR, VT, ID and IN
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69305

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-0014-2015 Class II

    Mars Chocolate North America Milk Chocolate M & M's Net Wt. 3.40 oz packed in a brown, 3 inch x 6.5 inch cardboard box 12 Theater boxes per case Distributed by Mars Snackfoods US LLC., Hackettstown, NJ 07840-1503 UPC 40000294764

    Codes: 417DH4JP09; 417EM4JP10; 417FM4JP09; 418AG4JP10; 418BG4JP10; 418CG4JP10; 418DM4JP09; 418EG4JP10; 419AM4JP09; 417EG4JP09; 417FG4JP09; 417FM4JP10; 418AM4JP09; 418BM4JP10 ;418CM4JP10; 418DM4JP10; 418EM4JP09; 419AM4JP10; 417EG4JP10; 417FG4JP10; 418AG4JP09; 418AM4JP10; 418CG4JP09; 418DG4JP10; 418EG4JP09; 418EM4JP10; and 419BM4JP10

    Quantity: 65,496 cases

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of October 15, 2014.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.