Federal regulators have added more chocolate products to a nationwide recall over possible salmonella contamination.
Spring & Mulberry is voluntarily expanding its recall to include all 12 of its chocolate bar product lines, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Friday. The decision comes after an investigation identified “a single lot of date ingredient used in the production of the company’s chocolate” as the most likely source of contamination.
The Raleigh, North Carolina-based company said the expanded recall includes all finished products made with that lot of dates, which are used to sweeten its chocolate bars.
The recall had previously covered eight products after possible salmonella contamination was identified through routine third-party testing. The latest expansion adds four more flavors, bringing the recall to all 12 chocolate bar lines listed by the company….