Food recall: Ultra Dark Chocolate Amaretto Rainier Cherries, Chukar Cherries brand, packaged in 7.5 oz. plastic pouches. UPC 0…
Class I FDA enforcement event 81588. Recall start date: . Status in the FDA record: Terminated. Termination date: .
Reason for recall, in the words of FDA
Product contains unintentional presence of milk and therefore milk was not listed on the label as an ingredient.
Class I, in the words of FDA
a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death
Chukar Cherry Company started this food recall on 16 Nov 2018. The firm address in the FDA record is in Prosser, WA. FDA put the recall in Class I. FDA event 81588 has 5 product records. The first FDA enforcement report date is 5 Dec 2018. The record gives the status Terminated, with the termination date 8 Oct 2019.
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Distribution
In the words of FDA.
Distributed in AK, AZ, CA, CO, MD, ME, MT, OR, UT, WA, and WY and sold online at Chukar.com. Product also distributed in Canada. Four additional products except Amaretto Rainier Cherries are…
Recalling firm
Chukar Cherry Company, Prosser, WA.
Recalling firm: The firm that the FDA record names for a recall.
FDA records how the recall started: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
Products
5 product records in the event.
| Recall number | Product | Quantity | Class | Status | Report date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F-0720-2019 | Ultra Dark Chocolate Amaretto Rainier Cherries, Chukar Cherries brand, packaged in 7.5 oz. plastic pouches. UPC 0 11261 22307 7. | 1,316 pouches (best by 09/2019); 1,777 pouches (best by 11/2019) | Class I | Terminated | 5 Dec 2018 |
| F-0721-2019 | Ultra Dark Chocolate Black Forest Cherries, Chukar Cherries brand, packaged in 7.5 oz. plastic pouches. UPC 0 11261 23907 8. The label is read in parts: "***ULTRA DARK CHOCOLATE BLACK FOREST CHERRIES***Ingredients: Bittersweet Chocolate (Cacao Beans, Pure Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Sunflower… | 2,098 pouches | Class I | Terminated | 5 Dec 2018 |
| F-0722-2019 | Ultra Dark Chocolate Cocoa Pecans, Chukar Cherries brand, packaged in 7.5 oz. plastic pouches. UPC 0 11261 22507 1. The label is read in parts: "***ULTRA DARK CHOCOLATE COCOA PECANS***Ingredients: Bittersweet Chocolate (Cacao Beans, Pure Cane Sugar, Unsweetened Chocolate, Cocoa Butter, Sunflower Lecithin, Soya… | 569 pouches | Class I | Terminated | 5 Dec 2018 |
| F-0723-2019 | Organic Ultra Dark Vanilla Chocolate Rainier Cherries, Chukar Cherries brand, packaged in 7.5 oz. plastic pouches. UPC 0 11261 27207 5. The label is read in parts: "***ORGANIC ULTRA DARK VANILLA CHOCOLATE RAINIER CHERRIES *** Ingredients: Organic Bittersweet Chocolate (Organic Cacao Beans, Organic Evaporated Cane… | 502 pouches | Class I | Terminated | 5 Dec 2018 |
| F-0724-2019 | Organic Ultra Dark Orange Chocolate Tart Cherries, Chukar Cherries brand, packaged in 7.5 oz. plastic pouches. UPC 0 11261 27207 5. The label is read in parts: "***ORGANIC ULTRA DARK ORANGE CHOCOLATE TART CHERRIES *** Ingredients: Organic Bittersweet Chocolate (Organic Cacao Beans, Organic Evaporated Cane Syrup,… | 190 pouches | Class I | Terminated | 5 Dec 2018 |
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Class I: The highest of the three FDA recall classes.
The event in context
- Food events that started in 2018
- 578
- Share of these events in Class I
- 34%
- Product records in this event
- 5
- Events of the firm on the register
- 1
Official channels
- FDA enforcement report F-0720-2019The FDA record of the first product of this event.
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Cite this page
Recall Register. FDA enforcement event 81588. https://recallregister.com/fda/i/81588/. Source: openFDA enforcement reports. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- openFDA food enforcement reports
- Licence
- CC0 1.0
- Export date
- 28 Sep 2026
- Newest FDA report date on the register
- 23 Sep 2026
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Questions
- Where was the product distributed?
- The FDA record gives this distribution:
Distributed in AK, AZ, CA, CO, MD, ME, MT, OR, UT, WA, and WY and sold online at Chukar.com. Product also distributed in Canada. Four additional products except Amaretto Rainier Cherries are…
- What quantity of product is in FDA event 81588?
- The event has 5 product records. The first record gives this quantity:
1,316 pouches (best by 09/2019); 1,777 pouches (best by 11/2019)
- How did the recall start?
- The FDA record says:
Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How many food recalls of 2018 have the same class?
- 34% of the 578 food events that started in 2018 are in Class I.