Class ITerminated · reported 2018-12-26

Milk Chocolate Maltballs: NET Wt. 15 lbs. Item number 992 Case UPC 00797817-00992-9…

Marich Confectionery Company, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 26 December 2018 as Class I. The recall was initiated by the firm. Firm was notified by a direct customer that milk chocolate macadamia nuts were found in their shipment of milk chocolate maltballs.

The record

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Product: Milk Chocolate Maltballs: NET Wt. 15 lbs. Item number 992 Case UPC 00797817-00992-9 Allergy Information: This product contains Wheat, milk and soy and may contain peanuts and tree nuts.
UPC: 00797817009929
Reason for recall: Firm was notified by a direct customer that milk chocolate macadamia nuts were found in their shipment of milk chocolate maltballs.
Recalling firm: Marich Confectionery Company, Inc.
Firm location: Hollister, California, United States
Classification: Class I
Status: Terminated
Recall number: F-0726-2019
Quantity: 324 - 15 lb cases of the Milk Chocolate Maltballs were distributed.
Distribution: CA, CO, HI, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MI, MN. MO, MS, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SD, TX, WA, WI, WY and one customer in Seoul. Korea.
Initiated: 16 November 2018
Reported by FDA: 26 December 2018
Terminated: 3 April 2019
Firm notified by: Letter
Product codes: 2781820, 2791809, 2831806

Reading this record

Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.

Class I means the FDA judged a reasonable probability that the product would cause serious health consequences or death. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
This record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
The recall ran for 5 months, from 16 November 2018 to termination on 3 April 2019. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
The distribution pattern names 21 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 6 weeks after the firm began the recall.
Recalls of milk or a dairy product run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Dairy recalls split between pathogen contamination in products that skipped or under-ran pasteurisation and undeclared milk in products that should never have contained it, which is the same allergen viewed from two directions.

Named in the distribution pattern: California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.

Filed under milk and dairy, nuts and seeds and snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.

Other milk and dairy recalls

These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2026-09-02	bettergoods brand Pistachio Nut Butter, NET WT 6.7oz (190g), UPC 194346207961	Botticelli Foods, LLC	Product may be contaminated with Salmonella.	Class I
2026-08-26	Prospector Popcorn Maple Walnut Ice Cream Gourmet Popcorn 3.5 oz.	Prospector Popcorn, LLC	Inaccurately declared nutrients including Potassium (overstated), Calcium (overstated), and Iron (understated).	Class III
2026-08-26	Gifford's HomeMaine ice cream brand POWER PLAY FUDGE; ONE QUART (946 mL); UPC: 8 60864 00030 7	Gifford's Dairy, Inc.	Potential foreign object contamination: rubber pieces	Class II
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, mild cheese variety (Snack Pack Assorted Regular Mild Stix White Colby, Marble Jack, Yummy Cheddar). Sold in approximate 0.40-lb (6.4oz) units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Spicy Breakfast Burrito sold under the following brand names: FRESH & READY FOODS Spicy Breakfast Burrito Net Wt. 8.2 oz (232g) UPC 1 00001 00029 7 and Sprig & Sprout Spicy Breakfast Burrito IN A SPICY TORTILLA NET WEIGHT 8.3oz (234g) Contains: Egg, Milk, Wheat. MG Foods Charlotte, NC 28272	M.G. Foods, Inc.	Undeclared Soy. The firm received complaints of sausage in the burritos. Upon review the firm discovered the sausage contains soy which is not listed on the label.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack, Sizzlin Colby with Habanero Peppers). Sold in approximate 1/2-lb, 1-lb, 2.5-lb, 5-lb, and 40-lb units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Mild Cheese Variety (Yummy Cheddar, White Cheddar, White Colby, Monterey Jack, Marble Jack). Sold in 1/2-lb, 1-lb, 2.5-lb, 5-lb, and 40-lb units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I
2026-08-12	Clover Hill Dairy LLP, Pepper Jack Cheese Varieties (Snack Pack Assorted Pepperjack Stix (Jalapeno Cheddar, Pepper Jack)). Sold in approximate 0.40-lb (6.4oz) units. Unknown information: packaging, labeling, or total quantity of product distributed. Keep refrigerated.	Clover Hill Dairy, LLC	Product contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.	Class I

Other records from Marich Confectionery Company, Inc.

The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.

Reported	Product	Firm	Reason	Class
2017-02-15	MARICH Premium Chocolates; Chocolate Caramel Heart; Our delicious caramel hearts in rich milk and dark chocolate; Net Wt 4.25 oz. (120g) UPC 797817-44440-9	Marich Confectionery Company, Inc.	Firm received report of customer finding the incorrect product in the Caramel Heart box. The product inside was Triple Chocolate Toffee which contains almonds that are not listed in the Caramel Hearts ingredient list.	Class II

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