Salmonella in chocolate, in your pet’s bowl, in your Target snack run — and a formula recall that makes the whole day feel a little louder. Check the labels first, then decide what to do. Food Recall Watch, and Monday is apparently trying to hit every aisle in the store at once. We’ve got the lot codes, the retailer names, and the exact items to pull off the shelf — infant formula, Spring and Mulberry chocolate bars, raw pet food, and a Target snack recall that just got bigger. If any of this touched your cart in the last few weeks, stay with us. We’re walking through all of it. Weence, with Brian Bateman:
The FDA says the recall covers three specific batches of a2 Platinum Premium Infant Formula 0-12 months with a U.S. label. The agency says the product was recalled because of cereulide, a heat-stable toxin produced by some strains of Bacillus cereus. Because the toxin is heat-stable, preparing formula with hot water does not eliminate it.
FDA recalled three specific batches of a2 Platinum Premium Infant Formula, zero to twelve months, on May second. The issue is cereulide — a heat-stable toxin from Bacillus cereus — so hot water won’t make it safe. The batch numbers are 2210269454, use-by July fifteenth 2026; 2210324609, use-by January twenty-first 2027; and 2210321712, use-by January fifteenth 2027. Check the bottom of the tin. Parents, this was sold on the company’s website, on Amazon, and at Meijer — so if you ordered online or picked it up there, flip the can right now. And that FDA line about no confirmed illnesses yet? That is not a reason to wait. If you’ve got a matching batch, stop using it, don’t try to boil the risk away, and return it to the place you bought it or contact the company. Watch for vomiting and signs of dehydration in any infant who’s had it recently. From USA TODAY:
Spring & Mulberry broadened its recall of chocolate bars on May 8 to all finished products made with a batch of date ingredient, after what it called "a comprehensive root cause investigation." "The investigation has now identified a single lot of date ingredient used in the production of the company’s chocolate as the most likely source of contamination," the company said in its news release.
Spring & Mulberry has expanded its salmonella recall to cover all chocolate bars made with a specific batch of date ingredient. That expansion was announced May 8, and the affected flavors include Blood Orange and Coffee, with lot codes like 025217, 025289, and 025325 for Blood Orange, plus 025226 and 025274 for Coffee, among others. So this started back in January with just the Mint Leaf bar, and now it’s spread to every flavor that touched that one date lot. That’s a long time for a bad ingredient to sit in finished product on shelves. The company says the expanded recall products tested negative for salmonella and no confirmed illnesses have been reported — but the advice is still not to eat them, and refunds need a photo of the packaging showing the batch code. A photo of the batch code for a refund is one thing, but I want the part listeners actually need: was this online only, or was it in grocery stores too, and which ones? “Available online and in stores since August 2025” covers a lot of pantries across a lot of zip codes. From CNN:
Albright’s Raw Pet Food is recalling a single lot of its chicken recipe for dogs due to a possible salmonella contamination. The products were sold in one-pound pouches. The lot code is C001730 and has a best-by date of April 28, 2027. They were sold directly to consumers nationwide.
Albright’s Raw Pet Food is recalling one lot of its chicken recipe for dogs because of a salmonella concern, and there are no illnesses reported yet. You’re looking for one-pound pouches, lot code C001730, best-by April 28, 2027. It was sold directly to consumers nationwide, and also through retailers in Massachusetts, California, South Carolina, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and New York — so this is not just one region. If you subscribe to any raw pet food delivery, check your freezer now. Don’t feed it, toss the unused portion, and contact Albright’s directly for a refund. And handle that pouch carefully on the way out — salmonella from raw pet food can absolutely jump to humans. Wash your hands, and wash any surface it touched. This one's from ABC11:
Target issued a recall notice for one of its private label trail mixes on Tuesday, sold in retail locations under the Good & Gather brand name. The product was distributed by Illinois-based food manufacturer John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc., which announced a voluntary recall of several snack products the same day, due to the potential presence of salmonella in a seasoning mix produced by a third-party supplier.
Target’s Good & Gather trail mix is recalled — that’s the private label product distributed by Illinois-based John B. Sanfilippo & Son, with a voluntary recall posted Tuesday over a salmonella concern tied to a seasoning mix from a third-party supplier. So the chain is California Dairies dry milk powder into a seasoning mix, into trail mix, onto Target shelves. Listeners need the specific Good & Gather product, the bag size, and the lot code they should be checking against. The company says the seasoning tested negative for salmonella before use, and there are no reported illnesses — but they’re pulling it because the dry milk powder upstream has already triggered recalls across multiple brands nationwide. “Tested negative before use” is doing a lot of work in that statement. California Dairies’ dry milk powder has already cascaded through how many brands? If you bought any trail mix or snack mix at Target recently, check the Good & Gather label before your next handful. Have a recall tip, a story idea, or a correction for us? Send it to foodrecallwatch at lantern podcasts dot com. We read every note, and your input helps keep the briefing useful.
You’ll find links to every recall and safety notice we mentioned today in the show notes. If something affected a product you buy, it’s worth opening the original notice for the details.
That’s Food Recall Watch for today. This is a Lantern Podcast.