Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds 9 oz clam shell & 25 lb box Ingredients: Dark Chocolate (Sugar, chocolate…
Food recall F-0920-2018. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 14, 2018.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Mar 14, 2018. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 5 states named in where it went
- 369 cs/12/9 oz clam shells + 20/25 lb boxes how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
The firm was notified by their supplier that they failed to declare milk on the label. Therefore when they repacked the product they did not include milk on their label.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Dark Chocolate Covered Almonds 9 oz clam shell & 25 lb box Ingredients: Dark Chocolate (Sugar, chocolate Liquor, Cocoa Butter, Chocolate Liquor Processed with Alkali, Soy Lecithin (Emulsifier), Salt, Vanilla, Almonds and Confectioners Glaze. Sold under the brand names and Distributed by: Sage Valley St. Augustine, FL 32085-9000 (800) 223-2910 & Tree of Life, LLC, A KeHE Company St. Augustine, FL 32085-9000
369 cs/12/9 oz clam shells + 20/25 lb boxes, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
TREE OF LIFE 9 oz, UPC 0 30684 00915 0; LOT 217P10, Best By Date 8/4/2017, LOT 260P08, Best By Date 9/16/2017, LOT 272P08, Best By Date 9/28/2017, LOT 312P09, Best By Date 11/7/2017, LOT 334P11, Best By Date 11/29/2017, LOT 341P15, Best By…
Every code shown here, 755 characters
TREE OF LIFE 9 oz, UPC 0 30684 00915 0; LOT 217P10, Best By Date 8/4/2017, LOT 260P08, Best By Date 9/16/2017, LOT 272P08, Best By Date 9/28/2017, LOT 312P09, Best By Date 11/7/2017, LOT 334P11, Best By Date 11/29/2017, LOT 341P15, Best By Date 12/6/2017, LOT 351P16, Best By Date 12/16/2017, LOT 009Q10, Best By Date 1/9/2018 & LOT 114Q04, Best By Date 4/24/2018. SAGE VALLEY 9 oz, UPC 0 30684 01721 6; LOT, 224P06 Best By Date 8/11/2017, LOT, 260P07 Best By Date 9/6/2017, LOT, 315P09 Best By Date 11/10/2017, LOT, 003Q18 Best By Date 1/3/2018, LOT, 020Q15 Best By Date 1/20/2018 & LOT, 076Q18, Best By Date, 3/17/2018. TREE OF LIFE (Bulk), UPC 0 77420 10029 0; LOT CHOCALMD02516314, Best By Date 6/15/2018 & LOT CHOCALMD02517011, Best By Date 6/15/2018
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Barcodes and drug codes
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UPC
030684009150 -
UPC
030684017216 -
UPC
077420100290
As FDA’s description and codes give them; the UPCs written as digits only.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
Product was shipped to the following states: FL, IL, IN, PA & TX
The states and territories these words name
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Pennsylvania
- Texas
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Oct 31, 2017.
- FDA classified it on Mar 15, 2018.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Mar 14, 2018.
- FDA terminated it on May 9, 2018.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- WHOLE ALTERNATIVES LLC, of Louisville, KY.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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