Texas Chocolate Salmonella Lawyer

A growing number of chocolate products have been recalled due to contamination with Salmonella, a bacteria that can potentially cause serious food poisoning illnesses.

Need a Texas Chocolate Salmonella Lawyer? Collen A. Clark is a true advocate for his clients and is passionate about helping Texans that have been injured or wronged. If you got sick from chocolate that was recalled for Salmonella, you should contact our lawyers immediately. You may be entitled to compensation by filing a lawsuit.

UPDATE: Spring & Mulberry Dark Chocolate Recalled for Salmonella Risk

In January 2026, the specialty chocolate manufacturer Spring & Mulberry announced an expanded recall for multiple flavors of date-sweetened dark chocolate bars that may be contaminated with Salmonella. No illnesses were reported, but Salmonella infections can be serious or life-threatening for high-risk people.

What Happened?

The original recall was announced on January 12, 2026, after a third-party laboratory reported that a finished bar of Spring & Mulberry Mint Leaf Date-Sweetened Chocolate tested positive for Salmonella.

On January 15, after the company was contacted by FDA officials, Spring & Mulberry voluntarily expanded the recall to include multiple flavors of chocolate bars made during the same time period as Mind Leaf, on the same equipment, due to a risk of cross-contamination.

The company explained why it expanded the recall:

“Because Salmonella can be difficult to detect and may appear intermittently, we are now expanding the recall beyond Mint Leaf in consultation with the FDA to include additional production lots made during the same time period on the same equipment.”

What Chocolate Was Recalled?

Spring & Mulberry only recalled specific lots and flavors of its date-sweetened dark chocolate bars. The affected products were sold nationwide, both online and in retail stores, after September 15, 2025.

The recalled products can be identified by the Lot Code listed on the back of the packaging and the inner flow wrap, and the box color.

The recall includes the following chocolate bars:

• Earl Grey: Lot Number #025258 (Box Color: Purple)
• Lavender Rose: Lot Number #025259, #025260 (Box Color: Light Blue)
• Mango Chili: Lot Number #025283 (Box Color (Orange)
• Mint Leaf: Lot Number #025255 (Box Color: Teal
• Mixed Berry: Lot Number #025275, #025281, #025337 (Box Color: Purple)
• Mulberry Fennel: Lot Number #025345 (Box Color: Burgundy)
• Pecan Date: Lot Number #025261, #025265, #025267, #025268, #025339, #025343 (Box Color: Yellow)
• Pure Dark Minis: Lot Number #025273 (Box Color: Blue)

Chocolate and Salmonella Contamination

There have been several outbreaks of Salmonella linked to chocolate since the 1950s, and while significant progress has been made in food safety, chocolate products continue to be recalled and involved in outbreaks of Salmonella.

Chocolate products were responsible for one of the largest outbreaks of Salmonella in recent years. The outbreak occurred in Europe in 2022. The 2022 outbreak of Salmonellosis was linked to Kinder chocolate products from a Ferrero factory in Arlon, Belgium. The outbreak of drug-resistant Salmonella Typhimurium infected at least 150 people in 11 countries. Most of the victims were young children.

Why Is Salmonella a Problem for Chocolate?

Experts who have studied this issue warn that chocolate is an optimal medium for the transmission of Salmonella

“Chocolate has peculiar characteristics that make it an optimal medium for the spread of Salmonella. Three factors account for that:

• First, the low water content and the high fat level of chocolate increase the thermal resistance of Salmonella.
• Second, higher temperatures during chocolate production, despite eliminating Salmonella, would worsen its taste.
• Third, Salmonella may persist for more than 1 year in chocolate. These factors, combined with the very small amount of Salmonella required to initiate an infection, illustrate the challenge of preventing outbreaks of this infection.

What is Salmonella?

People who are infected with Salmonella may experience a sudden onset of fever, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea (may be bloody) and other symptoms within 6-72 hours after eating contaminated food or water. The illness usually lasts 2-7 days.

Healthy adults usually recover without needing medical treatment, but Salmonella can be very serious — especially for high-risk people like young children, frail or elderly adults, and people with compromised immune systems that are less able to fight off infection.

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