Wegmans Semi-Sweet Chocolate Nonpareils, NET WT 18.5 OZ (1 LB 2.5 OZ) (524 g), packaged…
Mellace Family Brands California Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 16 July 2025 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Undeclared milk
The record
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- Product
- Wegmans Semi-Sweet Chocolate Nonpareils, NET WT 18.5 OZ (1 LB 2.5 OZ) (524 g), packaged in a plastic tub and packed 12 per case, Distributed by: Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. Rochester, NY 14603. Ingredients: Sugar, Chocolate Liquor, Cacao Fat, Corn Starch, Soy Lecithin (emulsifier), Glazing Agent (Carnauba Wax), Natural Flavor. Allergens: Contains Soy. May Contain: Milk, Peanuts, Sesame, Tree Nuts and Wheat.
- Reason for recall
- Undeclared milk
- Recalling firm
- Mellace Family Brands California Inc
- Firm location
- Warren, Ohio, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- H-0278-2025
- Quantity
- 595 cases
- Distribution
- Product was distributed to retail stores in: DC, DE, MD, MA, NC, NJ, NY, PA, VA
- Initiated
- 16 June 2025
- Reported by FDA
- 16 July 2025
- Terminated
- 14 January 2026
- Firm notified by
- Product codes
- UPC: 0 77890 49787 6 SCC: 10077890497873 Packer/Manufacturer Number: 84610 Lot Numbers: 55021 BEST BY: DEC 28, 2025 55031 BEST BY: DEC 29, 2025 55491 BEST BY: FEB 13, 2026 55501 BEST BY: FEB 14, 2026 56061 BEST BY: APR 11, 2026 56071 BEST BY: APR 12, 2026
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. 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 7 months, from 16 June 2025 to termination on 14 January 2026. 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 8 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 4 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of milk or a dairy product run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical 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: Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
What this recall was for
Undeclared allergens
An undeclared allergen recall means a food contained one of the major allergens and the label did not say so, either because the wrong label was applied or because an ingredient carried an allergen nobody traced.
A preventive controls plan covers an undeclared allergen under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.135(c)(2)
- Food allergen controls: the written preventive controls that keep an allergen out of a food it does not belong in, and that get the allergens present onto the label.
- 21 CFR 101.4
- Ingredient declaration: every ingredient listed by its common name, in descending order of predominance, on the label of a packaged food.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
The allergens named in this record: milk.
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 for the same reason
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
Other records from Mellace Family Brands California Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 1) Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts, Unsalted, Net Wt. 34 oz. (964g), packaged in a plastic tub with UPC 077890421314, packed 6 tubs per case 2) Wegmans Deluxe Mixed Nuts, Unsalted, Net Wt. 11.5 oz. (326g), packaged in a plastic bag with UPC 077890421352, packed 12 bags per case | Mellace Family Brands California Inc | Potential contamination with Salmonella | Class I |
| 2020-05-27 | Wegmans brand Semi-Sweet Chocolate Nonpareils in an 18.5 oz. (524 g) plastic container, 12 plastic containers per case. | Mellace Family Brands California Inc | Product may contain undeclared milk allergen. | Class I |
All 3 records for Mellace Family Brands California Inc
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21 CFR 117.135(c)(2) is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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