Lake Champlain Milk Chocolate Products - recalled due to Potential Foreign Objects - Brittle Plastic Pieces

United States

Company name: Champlain Chocolate Company
Brand name: Champlain Chocolate Company
Product recalled: Select LLC Milk Chocolate Products
Reason of the recall: Potential Foreign Objects - Brittle Plastic Pieces
FDA Recall date: January 16, 2021
Recall details: Lake Champlain Chocolates (LCC) is issuing a public alert and a voluntary recall on select LCC milk chocolate products from a determined best-by date range for potential foreign objects. LCC is issuing this recall after a consumer reported finding brittle plastic pieces in a finished product. After initial investigations and out of an abundance of caution, LCC is voluntarily recalling all potentially affected products currently on the market from July 2020 through January 2021. To date, no consumers have reported adverse health effects due to this contamination.

Affected products include:

- Hazelnut Five Star Bar
- Fruit & Nut Five Star Bar
- Almond Five Star Bar
- Granola Five Star Bar
- Organic Milk Chocolate Bar with Sea Salt & Almonds
- Milk Chocolate Almond Bark
- Chocolates of Vermont Green Mountain

These products can be found within a variety of other gift packages, boxes, and baskets.  Please refer to the link at the end of this release for a detailed list of all affected products and associated Best By Dates. These products were distributed through retailers and distributors across all fifty states and in the company’s three Vermont retail stores. The FDA has been informed of this voluntary recall and will post this notice on their website. LCC is asking customers to discontinue use and immediately dispose of any products listed above.

Customers can find the Best By Date near the UPC code on the package. For any additional questions or concerns please email  info@lakechamplainchocolates.com. Lake Champlain Chocolates is committed to quality products and consumer safety and is taking aggressive corrective action to prevent the need for any future recalls of its products.  It emphasizes that no other LCC products or batch codes were affected. Lake Champlain Chocolates apologizes for any inconvenience to its consumers and customers.

Check the full list of items and best by dates affected and other recall details on www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/potential-foreign-object-recall-lake-champlain-chocolates-issues-voluntary-recall-selected-milk

Source: FDA