Caramel and Pecan Apple labeled as Merbs Candies, Bionic Apple, St. Louis individually packaged in plastic wrappers.
Recalling firm: Sugar Daddy LTD
Why it was recalled
CDC epidemiologists have linked an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes illness to caramel apples.
The exact product
Caramel and Pecan Apple labeled as Merbs Candies, Bionic Apple, St. Louis individually packaged in plastic wrappers.
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Original FDA code information
no codes are applied to product
Recall details
- Recall number
- F-1352-2015
- Event ID
- 70126
- FDA status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- Dec 29, 2014
- Reported
- Mar 4, 2015
- Classified
- Feb 24, 2015
- Terminated
- Feb 9, 2017
- Quantity
- 70,500 wholesale caramel apples (30 apples/case), 39,500 retail caramel apples
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, United States
- Initiation type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Notification
- Telephone
Where it was distributed
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.
Data updated September 16, 2026. View official FDA data ↗
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