Food recall

Abdallah Candies, Inc recall: Abdallah Milk Chocolate Bites CARAMEL

Abdallah Candies, Inc, of Burnsville, MN, recalled Abdallah Milk Chocolate Bites CARAMEL. The FDA's reason: “Abdallah Candies is recalling red and silver foil wrapped Holiday Caramel Bites. One customer reported finding a Peanut Butter Bite wrapped in red foil in a bag of Holiday Caramel Bites.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on December 4, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 14, 2015. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed March 3, 2015

The recall

Company
Abdallah Candies, Inc (Burnsville, MN)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Abdallah Candies is recalling red and silver foil wrapped Holiday Caramel Bites. One customer reported finding a Peanut Butter Bite wrapped in red foil in a bag of Holiday Caramel Bites.”
Where it was sold
AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT ,NE, NV,NH, NH, NY, ND, OH, OK, PA, SC, SD, TN, VA, WA, WI, WY.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69944

The product recalled

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

  • F-0764-2015 Class I

    Abdallah Milk Chocolate Bites CARAMEL, Net Wt 4.5 oz. (127g), UPC 7 6668407116 2, Ingredients: Pure milk chocolate (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, whole milk, soy lecithin (an emulsifier), vanilla), corn syrup, sweetened condensed milk, cream, sugar, palm oil, salt, guar gum. carrageenan, locust bean gum, potassium sorbate (preservative), artificial flavor. Share equipment with items that may contain peanuts, tree nuts, egg. CONTAINS MILK, SOY. GLUTEN FREE. The product is sold in a box of 6 cellophane bags with 8 bites in each bag. Four are wrapped in red and 4 in silver foil.

    Codes: Date Codes: EJ29 thru EJ31 and EK01 thru EK18

    Quantity: 330 cases of 6 bags each

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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 January 14, 2015.

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.