Salmonella is turning up in your chocolate, your snack drawer, and your dog's bowl — and the recall list is still growing. This is Food Recall Watch, and today is one of those days where you should probably be listening with one hand on the pantry door. We’ve got an expanded chocolate recall now tied to a confirmed source, dozens of snack products in a widening investigation, and a nationwide pet food pull. I’ll give you the lot codes, retailers, and what to do with each one. Three different product groups, one very bad bacteria. Let’s get into who made it, where it sold, and whether you toss it or take it back. This one's from Food Safety News:
Spring & Mulberry is expanding its previously announced recall of select chocolate bars because of contamination with Salmonella. The expansion follows a comprehensive root cause investigation conducted by the company’s manufacturing partners in coordination with food safety experts and the Food and Drug Administration. 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.
Quick update on yesterday’s story: Spring and Mulberry is expanding its chocolate bar recall, and now we know why — investigators traced the Salmonella to a single contaminated lot of date ingredient used in production. Dates as a Salmonella source? I did not have that on my bingo card. Which bars, which lot codes, which stores — because once you hear “expanded recall,” you know more SKUs are in the blast zone. The expansion covers every finished product made with that implicated date lot. The FDA and Spring and Mulberry’s manufacturing partners are both named in the root cause investigation, so the official recall notice is where you want the specific lot codes and best-by dates. If you bought Spring and Mulberry chocolate bars recently, don’t eat them until you’ve matched the package to the notice. Salmonella is not a “wait and see” situation — this is a toss-or-return situation. Here's NBC Chicago:
Dozens of popular snacks are part of a major salmonella recall, with a specific ingredient leading to potential contamination concerns and multiple products, including popcorn, chips, nuts and more, being pulled from grocery store shelves. The recall stems from a milk powder supplied by California Dairies used in a number of brand name products and snacks, particularly in seasonings.
This one starts with a single source: California Dairies voluntarily recalled its powdered milk and buttermilk on April 20th for potential Salmonella contamination. Because that ingredient shows up in seasonings, it’s now spread across dozens of finished snack products, including several Utz potato chip varieties, popcorn, and nuts. This is exactly the kind of recall that buries people. You’re not looking for “California Dairies” on your chip bag — you’re looking for Utz or whatever brand is on the front, and the milk powder connection is three labels deep. The FDA has a dedicated 2026 recall page for products tied to this powdered milk, and that’s your checklist. It’s still growing as of this morning. So the move right now: pull up that FDA page before you open anything with a seasoning packet or a cheese-dust coating. The brand on the front does not tell you the whole story here. From Fox Business:
An Indiana-based company is voluntarily recalling one of its dog food products due to potential salmonella contamination. Albright's Raw Pet Food of Fort Wayne is recalling one lot of its Chicken…
Albright’s Raw Pet Food has issued a voluntary recall on dog food products over potential Salmonella contamination. This one is nationwide, so it’s not just a regional shelf pull. Raw pet food recall, Salmonella — okay, but what’s the SKU, what’s the bag size, what lot codes are we talking about? Because “dog food” covers a lot of freezers right now. The sourcing here is thin on lot-level detail, so go straight to the FDA recall database and search Albright’s Raw Pet Food for the exact codes before you assume your bag is clear. And Salmonella in raw pet food isn’t just a pet health issue — it’s a you-touched-the-bowl-and-made-a-sandwich issue. Wash your hands, don’t let kids handle it, and if you’re immunocompromised, take this seriously. If any of today’s recalls or safety alerts matter to your kitchen, you’ll find links to the source notices and details in the show notes. Take a look and follow up on the stories that apply to you.
That’s Food Recall Watch for today. This is a Lantern Podcast.