{"id":789557,"date":"2026-05-11T21:08:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:08:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/789557\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T21:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T21:08:24","slug":"chocolate-company-recalls-entire-product-line-over-salmonella-contamination-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/789557\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate company recalls entire product line over salmonella contamination fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

A chocolate bar company has expanded an ongoing recall<\/a> to include its entire range of products due to possible salmonella risk.<\/a><\/p>\n

In a Friday statement, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Spring & Mulberry \u2014 which produces date-sweetened chocolate bars \u2014 has widened a previously announced recall<\/a> to include all 12 of its product lines.<\/p>\n

The initial recall<\/a>, issued in January, included Spring & Mulberry\u2019s Mint Leaf Date Sweetened Chocolate Bar, sold online and through certain retail partners starting September 15, 2025.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe investigation has now identified a single lot of date ingredient used in the production of the company\u2019s chocolate as the most likely source of contamination,\u201d the agency said in the new release.<\/p>\n

Spring & Mulberry\u2019s recall affects <\/a>the following chocolate bar flavors: Blood Orange, Coffee, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mint Leaf, Mixed Berry, Mulberry Fennel, Pecan Date, Pure Dark, Pure Dark Mini and Sea Salt.<\/p>\n

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A certain date ingredient was likely the source of the contamination, the FDA has said (Getty Images)<\/p>\n

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The expanded recall now covers the following flavours: Blood Orange, Coffee, Earl Grey, Lavender Rose, Mango Chili, Mint Leaf, Mixed Berry, Mulberry Fennel, Pecan Date, Pure Dark, Pure Dark Mini and Sea Salt (Spring & Mulberry)<\/p>\n

The chocolate bars included in the latest recall expansion were sold online and through select retail partners nationwide from August 2025. The impacted products can be identified by their batch or lot code, UPC number or box color, found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

All chocolate bars included in the expanded recall have tested negative for salmonella, and no illnesses have been reported to date. However, consumers are still being urged not to consume the affected products as a precaution.<\/p>\n

To receive a refund, consumers should take a photo of the item\u2019s packaging, including the batch code, and email it to recalls@springandmulberry.com <\/a>before throwing it away.<\/p>\n

People suffering from salmonella<\/a> infections can develop symptoms within 12 to 72 hours after eating contaminated food, according to the FDA. Symptoms \u2014 which last from four to seven days and usually go away without treatment \u2014 can include diarrhea, fever and abdominal cramps. People with severe infections can experience high fever, headaches, lethargy, a rash or blood in the urine or stool.<\/p>\n

In recent months, several food products have been recalled due to concerns about potential salmonella infections. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert <\/a>for meat and poultry products made with a dry milk powder that could have been contaminated with salmonella<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Two pizzas with the affected<\/a> dry milk powder have been recalled: Mama Cozzi\u2019s Biscuit Crust Sausage & Cheese Breakfast Pizza and another called Biscuit Crust Cooked Pork Belly Crumbles, Cooked Bacon Topping, Pepper & Onion Breakfast Pizza. They were both sold at Aldi stores nationwide.<\/p>\n

The recall also included three Great Value frozen pizzas sold at Walmart: Thin Crust Chicken Bacon Ranch, Ultra Thin Crust Chicken Bacon Ranch and Stuffed Crust Chicken Bacon Ranch.<\/p>\n

Last month, Ghirardelli recalled dozens of its hot cocoa and frapp\u00e9 mixes due to concerns that its milk powder was contaminated with salmonella<\/a>. However, in a statement, the chocolate company said it was issuing the recall \u201cout of an abundance of caution,\u201d and that no illnesses were reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A chocolate bar company has expanded an ongoing recall to include its entire range of products due to…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":789558,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[64,322566,210173,185681,6434,322563,322564,322565,112629,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-789557","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-chocolate-bar","10":"tag-chocolate-bars","11":"tag-earl-grey","12":"tag-food-and-drug-administration","13":"tag-lavender-rose","14":"tag-mint-leaf","15":"tag-mixed-berry","16":"tag-salmonella","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116557991665377505","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789557\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}