Organic Cocoa Cassava bars, 1.59 oz (45 g), individually packaged in foil pouches and sold under the Dr. Merco

Recall map → All recalls → F-1979-2014

Organic Cocoa Cassava bars, 1.59 oz (45 g), individually packaged in foil pouches and sold under the Dr. Mercola brand. Sold at retail locations in display cases containing 12 bars per display case. 12 display cases are packaged in each master case. Mercola Group · reported 2014-06-04

Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.

Reason for recall: This voluntary recall has been initiated because the Dr. Mercola Organic Cocoa Cassava bars may contain undeclared milk protein.
Classification: Class II
Recall initiated: 2014-04-29
Reported by the agency: 2014-06-04
Closed out (terminated): 2016-04-11
Recalling firm: Mercola Group
Hoffman Estates, 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 (AK, AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WI); *** FOREIGN: Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong, Iceland, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, United Kingdom
States we parsed from that text: AK AL AZ CA CO CT FL GA HI IA ID IL IN KS KY MA MD ME MI MN MO MS MT NC NJ NY OH OK OR PA SC TN TX UT VA WA WI
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
Food category: uncategorised
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
Recall type: Voluntary: Firm initiated
Recall number: F-1979-2014

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