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Power Selles Imports dba Culinary Collective Recall: A foreign object found by a consumer in a chocolate bar.
🇺🇸 United States
TerminatedClass II
Company
Power Selles Imports dba Culinary Collective
Product
Blanxart 82% Congo Organic Chocolate Bar. Paper packaging wi…
Recall date
August 27, 2020
Terminated
September 18, 2020
Source
FDA
Reason for recall
A foreign object found by a consumer in a chocolate bar.
- Recall initiated
- Reported by source
- Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description
UPC
Quantity
Lot / code information
Blanxart 82% Congo Organic Chocolate Bar. Paper packaging with internal foil wrapper. Net weight per bar: 4.4 oz. UPC 8 32924 00032 9. The product label is read in parts: "***BLANXART *** ORGANIC DARK CHOCOLATE 82% CONGO ***Ingredients: cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar, vanilla ***Imported By: Culinary Collective, Lynnwood, WA *** BB Chocolate Group, S.A C/Tambor del Bruc 13 17 08970 Sant Joan Desp¿ *** Made in Spain***".
Not published in this source record
24 cases (16 bars per case)
BX 410, Lot 1931007 with date code stamp 30, Best by Date (BBD) of 8/2021. Product BX410 (importer code). 49054 (manufacturer code). Lot 1931007 with date code stamp 30.
Distribution
Distributed in IL
NY
VT and in Bermudas.
Official source record
Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-1425-2020
Event ID
86349
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Company
Power Selles Imports dba Culinary Collective
Product description
Blanxart 82% Congo Organic Chocolate Bar. Paper packaging with internal foil wrapper. Net weight per bar: 4.4 oz. UPC 8 32924 00032 9. The product label is read in parts: "***BLANXART *** ORGANIC DARK CHOCOLATE 82% CONGO ***Ingredients: cocoa, cocoa butter, sugar, vanilla ***Imported By: Culinary Collective, Lynnwood, WA *** BB Chocolate Group, S.A C/Tambor del Bruc 13 17 08970 Sant Joan Desp¿ *** Made in Spain***".
Quantity
24 cases (16 bars per case)
Reason
A foreign object found by a consumer in a chocolate bar.
Recall initiation date
August 27, 2020
Report date
September 16, 2020
Classification date
Not published in this source record
Termination date
September 18, 2020
Distribution pattern
Distributed in IL, NY, VT and in Bermudas.
UPC, lot, and code information
BX 410, Lot 1931007 with date code stamp 30, Best by Date (BBD) of 8/2021. Product BX410 (importer code). 49054 (manufacturer code). Lot 1931007 with date code stamp 30.
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
E-Mail
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
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Illinois
1
New York
1
Vermont
1
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