Food recall
UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE recall: Mehadrin Chocolate Leben
UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE, of Lancaster, NY, recalled Mehadrin Chocolate Leben. The FDA's reason: “Product may have been improperly pasteurized.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 10, 2026, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 2, 2026. The recall is still going on.
How serious
Class II
It could cause temporary or minor harm
Why
See FDA's words below
Status
Ongoing
The recall
- Company
- UPSTATE NIAGARA COOPERATIVE (Lancaster, NY)
- Reason, in FDA's words
- “Product may have been improperly pasteurized.”
- Where it was sold
- NJ
- Recall began
- , by the company
- FDA classified it
- First in an FDA Enforcement Report
- FDA event number
- 99619
The product recalled
As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.
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H-1332-2026 Class II
Mehadrin Chocolate Leben; 6 OZ (170g) CUPS, UPC: 070784023144
Codes: Lot code: 101426 L5 2W Use by date: 10/14/26
Quantity: 3,975 cases
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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 September 2, 2026.
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.