Chukar Cherry Company Recall: Product contains unintentional presence of milk and therefore milk was not listed on the label as an ingredient. - F-0724-2019

🇺🇸 United States

1. November 16, 2018 - Recall initiated
2. December 5, 2018 - Reported by source
3. October 8, 2019 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0724-2019

Event ID

81588

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Chukar Cherry Company

Product description

Organic Ultra Dark Orange Chocolate Tart Cherries, Chukar Cherries brand, packaged in 7.5 oz. plastic pouches. UPC 0 11261 27207 5. The label is read in parts: "***ORGANIC ULTRA DARK ORANGE CHOCOLATE TART CHERRIES *** Ingredients: Organic Bittersweet Chocolate (Organic Cacao Beans, Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup, Organic Cocoa Butter, Organic Soya Lecithin), Dried Organic Tart Cherries (Organic Tart Cherries, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Sunflower Oil), Confectioner's Glaze, Natural Flavor.***Allergen Caution: This product contains soy and is made in a facility that contains tree nuts and peanuts. Gluten free ***".

Quantity

190 pouches

Reason

Product contains unintentional presence of milk and therefore milk was not listed on the label as an ingredient.

Recall initiation date

November 16, 2018

Report date

December 5, 2018

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

October 8, 2019

Distribution pattern

Distributed in AK, AZ, CA, CO, MD, ME, MT, OR, UT, WA, and WY and sold online at Chukar.com. Product also distributed in Canada. Four additional products except Amaretto Rainier Cherries are distributed in AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, ME, MN, MO, MT, NJ, NV, OH, OK, OR, TN, TX, UT, and WA.

UPC, lot, and code information

Best By 10/2019

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 81588 with 4 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Chukar Cherry Company

Other recalls from Chukar Cherry Company

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
Alaska	1
Arizona	1
California	1
Colorado	1
Maryland	1
Maine	1
Montana	1
Oregon	1
Utah	1
Washington	1
Wyoming	1
Iowa	1
Idaho	1
Kansas	1
Minnesota	1
Missouri	1
New Jersey	1
Nevada	1
Ohio	1
Oklahoma	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

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Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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Status as reported: Terminated.

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