Treehouse Foods Recall: TreeHouse Foods is recalling products that may be impacted by sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

🇺🇸 United States

1. May 3, 2016 - Recall initiated
2. October 12, 2016 - Reported by source
3. August 15, 2017 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-2417-2016

Event ID

74041

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class I

Company

Treehouse Foods

Product description

UPC 1373312016, Meijer Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars, Best By/Date Code: DEC 07 16. UPC 1373312016, Meijer Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars Best By/Date Code: JAN 07 17 UPC 4130304541, Essential Everyday Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bar, Best By/Date Code: DEC 07 16. UPC 7003863812, Best Choice Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars, Best By/Date Code: DEC 07 16, JAN 07 17. UPC 7025322722, Our Family Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars Best By/Date Code: DEC 07 16. UPC 7874203429, Great Value Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars, Best By/Date Code: 12 06 16, 12 07 16, 01 06 17. UPC 7989380097, Eating Right (Lucerne) Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars, Best By/Date Code: DEC 07 16, JAN 07 17. UPC 1121302629 Spartan Peanut Almond Dark Chocolate Protein Bars Best By/Date Dec 07 16.

Quantity

92,865 cases for all products

Reason

TreeHouse Foods is recalling products that may be impacted by sunflower seeds contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Recall initiation date

May 3, 2016

Report date

October 12, 2016

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

August 15, 2017

Distribution pattern

US: AL, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, IL, IN, IA, KS,KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, NE, NV, NM, NY, NC,ND, OH, OK, OR, PA,SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI, WY. OUS: HONDURAS, NICARAGUA, CHILE.

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 1373312016; Best By/Date Code: DEC 07 16, JAN 07 17, 12 06 16, 12 07 16, 01 06 17.

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

Telephone

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 74041 with 10 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: Treehouse Foods

Other recalls from Treehouse Foods

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
Alabama	1
Arizona	1
Arkansas	1
California	1
Colorado	1
Connecticut	1
Florida	1
Illinois	1
Indiana	1
Iowa	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	1
Louisiana	1
Maine	1
Maryland	1
Massachusetts	1
Michigan	1
Minnesota	1
Mississippi	1
Missouri	1
Nebraska	1
Nevada	1
New Mexico	1
New York	1
North Carolina	1
North Dakota	1
Ohio	1
Oklahoma	1
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	1
South Carolina	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Washington	1
Wisconsin	1
Wyoming	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.

Where this information comes from

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Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

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