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Recall / enforcement

Class I recall: GHIRARDELLI SWEET GROUND POWDER WHITE CHOCOLATE FLAVORED NET WT 50oz (3lbs 2oz) 1.41kg Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San L…

SalmonellaUnder investigationSource wording: “Ongoing

Recalling firm: Ghirardelli Chocolate Company. Reason: Potential contamination with Salmonella.

Reported figures

Illnesses
Hospitalizations
Deaths
Event date
Apr 26, 2026

Figures are as reported by the source at its last update. Blank means the source did not report the figure — not zero.

Geography

States
California, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Maine, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington
Implicated food
GHIRARDELLI SWEET GROUND POWDER WHITE CHOCOLATE FLAVORED NET WT 50oz (3lbs 2oz) 1.41kg Distributed by Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, San Leandro, CA 94578, U.…

Multiple states affected. Plotted once per state, at each state's centroid. No exposure location, venue or patient address is stored or shown.

Source

Source
openFDA Food Enforcement Reports
Source record
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/ (id H-0844-2026)
Published
May 27, 2026
Source last updated
May 21, 2026
Update cadence
Weekly
First ingested
Aug 10, 2026
Last seen in source
Aug 10, 2026

Data caveat: Enforcement reports describe a firm's recall of a product; they are not outbreak reports. Distribution states are what the firm reported and do not indicate where illness occurred. Records are added after FDA classification, so recent recalls may be missing.

Revision history

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