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Heart of the Earth (HOTE) 100% Pure Ceremonial Cacao Pre-Ground Paste. Net Wt. 16oz (454g). Packaged in Kraft paper heat sealed stand-up pouch bags with inner plastic liner with SKU PC-GRUCCP-1LB. Product of Guatemala. Distributed Soul Lift Cacao of Portland, Oregon. The product is 100% pure cacao (chocolate) which is not ready for consumption. In most cases it is prepared into a chocolate drink with hot water and a blender. Inner Waymark LLC · reported 2024-10-09

Ongoing The agency has not recorded this recall as closed out.

Reason for recall
Elevated lead level 0.671 ppm in cacao (chocolate)
Classification
Class II
Recall initiated
2024-08-21
Reported by the agency
2024-10-09
Closed out (terminated)
not reported
Recalling firm
Inner Waymark LLC
Portland, OR
United States

This is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.

Distribution (the agency's own words)
Distributed to CA, FL, IL, KY, MD, ME, MI, MO, MT, NH, NY, OR, TX, UT, and WI.
States we parsed from that text
CA FL IL KY MD ME MI MO MT NH NY OR TX UT WI

The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.

Food category
Beverages Candy & chocolatederived

Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.

Recall type
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number
F-0004-2025

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