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Pricey chocolate bar recall over salmonella fears expands to include entire product line

New York Post·Taylor Herzlich·6 months ago
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A specialty chocolate company on Friday expanded its recall of pricey candy bars to include the entire product line over fears of possible contamination with salmonella.

Spring & Mulberry – a Raleigh, N.C.-based company that sells date-sweetened chocolates for $10 a bar, or $95 for a variety pack – said an investigation by its manufacturers and the FDA identified “a single lot of date ingredient” as the likely contamination source.

Spring & Mulberry expanded its recall to include the entire product line. Spring & Mulberry

Salmonella can cause serious and potentially fatal infections in vulnerable populations, including children, elderly individuals or people with weakened immune systems.

In some rare cases, the bacteria can enter the bloodstream and cause serious infections, endocarditis or arthritis, according to food safety officials.

The recall now covers all of the brand’s candy bar flavors, including Blood Orange, Coffee, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mint Leaf, Mixed Berry, Mulberry…

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