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Guittard Chocolate Company food recall: 72% CACAO CHOCOLATE WITH DATE SUGAR WAFERS Ingredients: Cacao Beans

SalmonellaMicrobial contamination

Key facts

Agency
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Program
Food
Classification
Class I
Status
Ongoing
Event ID
98949
Recall initiated
May 5, 2026
Classified by FDA
May 29, 2026
Posted in Enforcement Report
Jun 10, 2026
Recalling firm
Guittard Chocolate Company
Firm location
Burlingame, CA, United States
Initiated by
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Firm notified customers by
Letter
Products in this event
1

What to do

Compare the product name, size, UPC, lot codes and dates below with the product you have. If it matches, do not eat it. Follow the firm's instructions to return it or throw it away.

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Reason for recall

Potential contamination with Salmonella

What the classification means

  • Class I: FDA's most serious category: there is a reasonable probability that using or being exposed to the product will cause serious health problems or death.

About this recall

The firm started this recall on May 5, 2026. FDA classified it 24 days later, on May 29, 2026. Distribution reported by FDA: Domestic Distribution: OH. Foreign Distribution: N/A.

Recalled products (1)

  • H-0861-2026 Class I Ongoing

    72% CACAO CHOCOLATE WITH DATE SUGAR WAFERS Ingredients: Cacao Beans, Organic Date Powder, Organic Cocoa Powder Net Wt 25lb (11.3kg) Made in the USA GUITTARD CHOCOLATE COMPANY Burlingame, CA 94010 Item: 0568C25 UPC: 00071818367654

    Codes / lots: Lot code, Best By: 11775A, 12/27/2026; 21775A, 12/27/2026; 31785A, 12/28/2026; 11785A, 12/28/2026; 21785A, 12/28/2026; 22095M, 01/28/2027; 12105M, 01/29/2027; 22105M, 01/29/2027.

    Quantity: 2,857 cases (25 lbs/case)

Source and freshness

Source
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Enforcement Report, via the openFDA food enforcement dataset
Official notice
FDA Enforcement Report, event 98949
Raw record
openFDA API (JSON)
Dataset last updated by FDA
Nov 3, 2026
Imported by RecallRadar
Nov 4, 2026

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