Food recall

Marich Confectionery Company, Inc. recall: Milk Chocolate Maltballs

Marich Confectionery Company, Inc., of Hollister, CA, recalled Milk Chocolate Maltballs. The FDA's reason: “Firm was notified by a direct customer that milk chocolate macadamia nuts were found in their shipment of milk chocolate maltballs.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 16, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 26, 2018. 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 April 3, 2019

The recall

Company
Marich Confectionery Company, Inc. (Hollister, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Firm was notified by a direct customer that milk chocolate macadamia nuts were found in their shipment of milk chocolate maltballs.”
Where it was sold
CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN. MO, MS, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, WA, WI, WY and one customer in Seoul. Korea.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
81602

The product recalled

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

  • F-0726-2019 Class I

    Milk Chocolate Maltballs: NET Wt. 15 lbs. Item number 992 Case UPC 00797817-00992-9 Allergy Information: This product contains Wheat, milk and soy and may contain peanuts and tree nuts.

    Codes: 2781820, 2791809, 2831806

    Quantity: 324 - 15 lb cases of the Milk Chocolate Maltballs were distributed.

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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 December 26, 2018.

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.