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Sugar Daddy LTD
FDA recall F-1352-2015 · Class I · reported 2015-03-04 · Terminated
- Product
- Caramel and Pecan Apple labeled as Merbs Candies, Bionic Apple, St. Louis individually packaged in plastic wrappers.
- Reason
- CDC epidemiologists have linked an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes illness to caramel apples.
- Quantity
- 70,500 wholesale caramel apples (30 apples/case), 39,500 retail caramel apples
- Distribution
- Product was distributed wholesale to area (eastern MO and southern IL) supermarkets and other retailers. The firm also distrbuted apples via its local retail store and via the internet to consumers nationwide.
- Firm location
- MO, United States
- Initiated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- First notice
- Telephone
- Recall started
- 2014-12-29
- Terminated
- 2017-02-09
- Code info
- no codes are applied to product
Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA Food Enforcement database (openFDA Food Enforcement, imported 2026-09). The FDA does not validate openFDA data for completeness or accuracy. This is a record of an enforcement action, not safety advice.