Food recall

Theo Chocolate Inc recall: Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate 3 oz

Theo Chocolate Inc, of Seattle, WA, recalled Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate 3 oz. The FDA's reason: “Theo Chocolate Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate Bar is recalled due to undeclared milk.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on March 27, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of April 17, 2019. 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 July 5, 2019

The recall

Company
Theo Chocolate Inc (Seattle, WA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Theo Chocolate Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate Bar is recalled due to undeclared milk.”
Where it was sold
nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
82507

The product recalled

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

  • F-1300-2019 Class I

    Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate 3 oz. bars, wrapped in foil and paper wrapper, brand Theo Chocolate, UPC 8 74492 00325 8. The Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate 3 oz. bar's label is read in part: "***Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate *** Ingredients: Cocoa Beans, Cane Sugar, Sea Salt, Ground Vanilla Bean *** Allergy Information: Manufactured on shared equipment with products containing milk, eggs, wheat, peanuts & tree nuts ***". These Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate 3 oz. bars are packed in the MASTER CASE that is labeled as: Salted Toffee 55% Dark Chocolate, 3092529 BEST BY 1/2020, Time Stamp 05:00 - 08:15, UPC 20874492003818. These Sea Salt 70% Dark Chocolate are packed in the INNER CASE that is labeled as: Salted Toffee 55% Dark Chocolate, 3092529 BEST BY 1/2020, Time Stamp 05:00 - 08:15, UPC 10874492003811. ***The Salted Toffee 55% Dark Chocolate individual 3 oz bars (UPC 8 74492 00381 4) are labeled CORRECTLY and not subject to this recall.

    Codes: Lot code 3092529 Best-By date of 1/2020

    Quantity: 29,364 bars

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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 April 17, 2019.

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.