Chocolate malted milk balls packaged in 6 lbs. bags and each case contains 3 x 6 lbs. bags; BEST BY 04/17/14;

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Chocolate malted milk balls packaged in 6 lbs. bags and each case contains 3 x 6 lbs. bags; BEST BY 04/17/14; BRCH CHOC Ferrara Candy Company · reported 2013-08-21

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: One lot of Brach's Chocolate Malted Milk Balls may contain undeclared chocolate covered peanuts and brazil nuts.
Classification: Class I
Recall initiated: 2013-07-18
Reported by the agency: 2013-08-21
Closed out (terminated): 2016-02-23
Recalling firm: Ferrara Candy Company
Oakbrook Terrace, IL
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): US: Nationwide (CA, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, MN, ND, NY, OR, PA, TX)
States we parsed from that text: CA FL GA IA IL KS MN ND NY OR PA TX
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: Candy & chocolate Dairyderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1805-2013

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