Food Recall Warning - UNREAL brand dark chocolate coconut minis recalled due to Salmonella

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OTTAWA, ON, Oct. 21, 2022 /CNW/ - 

Summary

• Brand: UNREAL
• Product: dark chocolate coconut minis
• Companies: Unreal Brands, Inc.
• Issue: Food – Microbial contamination – Salmonella
• Category: Candy, confectionary, snacks and sweeteners
• What to do: Do not consume, use, sell, serve, or distribute recalled products
• Audience: General public
• Recall class: Class 2

Affected products

Brand	Product	Size	UPC	Codes
UNREAL	dark chocolate coconut minis	435 g	8 57484 00688 8   ITM./ART. 1268728	Best Before 23AU04 23AU05 23AU31 23SE01 23SE02 23SE09 23SE16 23SE19 23SE20 23SE21 23SE22 23SE23 23SE26 23SE27 23SE28 23SE29 23SE30 23OC03

Issue

The affected product is being recalled from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination.

The recalled product has been sold in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador.

What you should do

• If you think you became sick from consuming a recalled product, contact your healthcare provider
• Check to see if you have recalled products
• Do not consume, serve, use, sell, or distribute recalled products
• Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the location where they were purchased

Food contaminated with Salmonella may not look or smell spoiled but can still make you sick. Young children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems may contract serious and sometimes deadly infections. Healthy people may experience short-term symptoms such as fever, headache, vomiting, nausea, abdominal cramps and diarrhea. Long-term complications may include severe arthritis.

Learn more:

• Learn more about the health risks
• Sign up for recall notifications by email and follow us on social media
• View our detailed explanation of the food safety investigation and recall process
• Report a food safety or labelling concern

Background

This recall was triggered by the company.

There have been no reported illnesses associated with the consumption of this product.

What is being done

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products.

The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing recalled products from the marketplace.

SOURCE Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

Public enquiries and media: Company information, Unreal Brands, Inc., Telephone: [phone], Email: [email protected]; Public enquiries, Toll-free: 1-800-442-2342 (Canada and U.S.), Telephone: [phone] (local or international), Email: [email protected]; Media relations, Telephone: [phone], Email: [email protected]