Food recall

Karl Bissinger, LLC recall: Bissinger's Milk Chocolate Eggs packaged in 6.5 oz (UPC 846107009382) Item

Karl Bissinger, LLC, of Saint Louis, MO, recalled Bissinger's Milk Chocolate Eggs packaged in 6.5 oz (UPC 846107009382) Item. The FDA's reason: “The chocolate used in the product contains vanillin (an artificial ingredient) but is labeled to contain vanilla.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 22, 2016, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 4, 2016. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed February 1, 2017

The recall

Company
Karl Bissinger, LLC (Saint Louis, MO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The chocolate used in the product contains vanillin (an artificial ingredient) but is labeled to contain vanilla.”
Where it was sold
Shipped to nineteen retail accounts nationwide (Colorado, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and two direct consumer accounts (Missouri and New York). There was no military/government/foreign distribution.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
73345

The product recalled

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

  • F-1246-2016 Class III

    Bissinger's Milk Chocolate Eggs packaged in 6.5 oz (UPC 846107009382) Item: #11108 or 1 lb. (UPC 846107003458) Item: # 111049 plastic bags. Bissinger's Handcrafted Chocolatier, St. Louis, MO.

    Codes: Bissingers 6.5 oz bag Milk Chocolate Foil Eggs Lot Numbers: 2015-10209 & 2016-10967 Best By: 2/3/17 & 2/4/17 and Bissingers 1 lb bag Milk Chocolate Foil Eggs Lot Numbers: 2016-11057 Best By: 2/3/17

    Quantity: 22-12 ct. case of 6.5 oz. bags of foil wrapped milk chocolate eggs and 2-1 lb. bags of foil wrapped milk chocolate eggs

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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 May 4, 2016.

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.