Food recall

Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc. recall: Wilbur Dark Chocolate Triple Covered Malted Milk Balls

Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc., of Lititz, PA, recalled Wilbur Dark Chocolate Triple Covered Malted Milk Balls. The FDA's reason: “Product recalled because of the presence of undeclared peanuts.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 18, 2021, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 15, 2021. 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 7, 2022

The recall

Company
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate, Inc. (Lititz, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product recalled because of the presence of undeclared peanuts.”
Where it was sold
The product was distributed in the State of Pennsylvania as well as via the company's website
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
89090

The product recalled

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

  • F-0274-2022 Class I

    Wilbur Dark Chocolate Triple Covered Malted Milk Balls, 1-pound (lb.) bags, clear plastic bags lot #211007 MB and 210917 MB , Item Code 200171-16

    Codes: lot #211007MB and 210917MB & Item Code 200171-16

    Quantity: 469, one-lb. bags

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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 15, 2021.

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.