Hostess, Palmer Candy recalls select candy products due to Salmonella risk
Hostess Brands and Palmer Candy are the latest companies to be affected by the Valley Milk Products recall of its milk powder ingredients that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Hostess Brands and Palmer Candy are the latest companies to be affected by the Valley Milk Products recall of its milk powder ingredients that may be contaminated with Salmonella. The ingredient company initially announced a recall of 50-lb bags of nonfat high heat milk powder and sweet cream buttermilk powder that were produced from Dec. 10, 2015, to July 5, 2016. These products were not sold directly to consumers, but are used as ingredients in a number of foods. The ingredient supplier’s recall has prompted many of these finished food manufacturers to also issue recalls, including Stonewall Kitchen, Shearer’s Foods, TreeHouse Foods, and
Brand Castle, to name a few.
Now, Hostess is recalling its Holiday White Peppermint Hostess Twinkies because of a recall by Blommer Chocolate Company of the confectionary coating used on the Twinkies product. The confectionary coating contains milk powder ingredients recalled by Valley Milk Products. This recall applies only to the White Peppermint Hostess Twinkies (UPC 888109111571), which were only sold in multipack boxes (nine individually-wrapped cakes in a box). The products were sold to mass merchandisers, grocery stores, distributors, dollar and discount stores, and convenience stores throughout the United States.
In addition, Palmer Candy, a privately-held, fifth-generation manufacturer of chocolate and holiday confections, has announced a limited recall of certain chocolate products after being informed by Valley Milk Products that a milk powder ingredient used in a compound chocolate coating that they supply to Palmer Candy has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The voluntary recall, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), includes selected products produced between Oct. 20 and Dec. 9, 2016 and shipped by Palmer Candy to grocery, convenience store, and wholesale customers throughout the United States.
Testing has shown no pathogenic bacteria in the milk confectionary coatings that Hostess or Palmer Candy uses, but both companies are recalling their finished products out of an abundance of caution. To date, there have been no reported illnesses associated with any of the products affected by this recall.