Food recall

Seattle Gourmet Foods Inc. recall: Dilettante Chocolates Espresso Blend, Espresso Beans in Semisweet, Milk and White Chocolate., Costco item # 2335

Seattle Gourmet Foods Inc., of Tukwila, WA, recalled Dilettante Chocolates Espresso Blend, Espresso Beans in Semisweet, Milk and White Chocolate., Costco item # 2335. The FDA's reason: “Costco item # 2335, Dilettante Chocolates Espresso Blend, Espresso Beans in Semisweet, Milk and White Chocolate is recalled because it may contain undeclared almonds.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 9, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed January 8, 2018

The recall

Company
Seattle Gourmet Foods Inc. (Tukwila, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Costco item # 2335, Dilettante Chocolates Espresso Blend, Espresso Beans in Semisweet, Milk and White Chocolate is recalled because it may contain undeclared almonds.”
Where it was sold
distributed in Utah and Washington
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
78547

The product recalled

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

  • F-0393-2018 Class I

    Dilettante Chocolates Espresso Blend, Espresso Beans in Semisweet, Milk and White Chocolate., Costco item # 2335. The product is packaged in a clear plastic bag, net weight 5-pounds and has the UPC 37041 05211. The product label is read in parts: "***Dilettante Chocolates, Kent WA 98032, Dilettante Chocolates 19016 72nd Ave South Kent, WA 98144***".

    Codes: Lot Code 12287 and BEST BY 021619. The word lot code is not listed on the label.

    Quantity: 127 cases (6/5 lbs. bags per case)

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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.