Food recall

Moonstruck Chocolate Company recall: Moonstruck Praline Pecan & Ginger Element Bar in Dark Chocolate

Moonstruck Chocolate Company, of Portland, OR, recalled Moonstruck Praline Pecan & Ginger Element Bar in Dark Chocolate. The FDA's reason: “Undeclared milk.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on February 21, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 25, 2020. 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 September 28, 2020

The recall

Company
Moonstruck Chocolate Company (Portland, OR)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared milk.”
Where it was sold
nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
85038

The product recalled

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

  • F-0845-2020 Class I

    Moonstruck Praline Pecan & Ginger Element Bar in Dark Chocolate, packaged first into a clear poly film that is sealed. The sealed bar is then packed into a cardboard box (1 bar per box) that has label information. Net wt. 3.1 oz. The product SKU number is 312806 and the UPC code is 7 11175 12328 8. The product is also sold in a gold caddy which contains 8 bars. The box has a SKU number of 312806 and the UPC code is 10711175128068. The product label is read in parts: "***INGREDIENTS: Dark Chocolate (unsweetened chocolate, sugar, cocoa butter, soy lecithin {an emulsifier}, vanilla, Caramelized Pecans (pecans, [cocoa butter, salt], sugar, water, spices, Candied Ginger (ginger root, cane sugar)***".

    Codes: Lot numbers: 1101242, 1101731, 1101734, 1102664, 1102708, 1102754, and 1102914. Best by Dates: 8/11/2020 9/8/2020 9/27/2020 10/3/2020 10/5/2020 8/21/2020 9/19/2020 10/10/2020

    Quantity: 1500 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 March 25, 2020.

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.