Food recall

Astor Chocolate Corp. recall: Astor Chocolate Corporation Brand Dark Chocolate Covered Cranberries in Astor or Customer Logo packaging a

Astor Chocolate Corp., of Lakewood, NJ, recalled Astor Chocolate Corporation Brand Dark Chocolate Covered Cranberries in Astor or Customer Logo packaging a. The FDA's reason: “A supplier of Astor Chocolate Corporation has recalled an ingredient that the firm purchase and repackage as part of their snack packaging program due to undeclared MILK Allergen.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 31, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 29, 2017. 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 September 25, 2020

The recall

Company
Astor Chocolate Corp. (Lakewood, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“A supplier of Astor Chocolate Corporation has recalled an ingredient that the firm purchase and repackage as part of their snack packaging program due to undeclared MILK Allergen.”
Where it was sold
Distribution of 89 orders were within the United States  across multiple states including the following: 1. New York 2. Florida 3. California 4. Wisconsin 5. Illinois 6. Colorado 7. Georgia 8. Oklahoma 9. Maryland 10. Ohio 11. Connecticut 12. New Jersey 13. Texas 14. Pennsylvania 15. North Carolina 16. Massachusetts 17. Minnesota 18. Tennessee 19. South Dakota 20. Idaho 21. South Carolina 22. Rhode Island Two orders were shipped to Quebec, Canada and two orders were shipped to Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts, Nevis.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
78436

The product recalled

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

  • F-0337-2018 Class II

    Astor Chocolate Corporation Brand Dark Chocolate Covered Cranberries in Astor or Customer Logo packaging a. 1 oz. giveaway type package sizing b. 4 oz. giveaway type package sizing c. No best by date on units d. Individual cases sold to Astor branded customers i. Case counts include cases of: 1. 36 units 2. 50 units 3. 100 units 4. 150 units 5. 300 units

    Codes: Dark Chocolate Covered Cranberries Supplier Lot Numbers: 17216, 29216, 31616, 01917, 13017, and 15817

    Quantity: 1,149.6 lbs. of affected material was shipped through Astor Chocolate Corporations snack packaging program

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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 November 29, 2017.

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.