Chocolate Bar Recall Expands Amid Fears of Bacterial Contamination

Spring & Mulberry is expanding a recall on their chocolate products amid fears of Salmonella contamination.

The company announced on May 8 that they conducted a “root cause investigation” with the help of food safety specialists and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The investigation identified “a single lot of date ingredient used in the production of the company’s chocolate as the most likely source of contamination.”

Spring & Mulberry is now “recalling all finished products produced with the implicated lot of date ingredient.”

Spring & Mulberry has voluntarily recalled its entire lineup of date‑sweetened chocolate bars over possible salmonella concerns tied to a date ingredient, according to the FDA. David Muir reports. https://t.co/BaeDIJb7uc pic.twitter.com/RvfyEhdTYE

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The products impacted by the expanded recall have so far tested negative for Salmonella.

There were also “no confirmed reports of illness associated with the