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Lindt Excellence 85% Cocoa Dark Chocolate Bars, 3.5 oz.(100g) Lindt & Sprungli (USA), Inc. · reported 2020-03-18
Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.
- Reason for recall
- Product may contain undeclared milk allergens in amounts that exceed thresholds established by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets.
- Classification
- Class II
- Recall initiated
- 2020-02-07
- Reported by the agency
- 2020-03-18
- Closed out (terminated)
- 2020-09-01
- Recalling firm
- Lindt & Sprungli (USA), Inc.
Stratham, NH
United StatesThis 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)
- New York state
- States we parsed from that text
- NY
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
- Food category
- Candy & chocolatederived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
- Recall type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall number
- F-0823-2020
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