On Dec. 12, 2024, Cal Yee Farm, a California-based company, announced a recall on a variety of products, including dark chocolate walnuts, apricots and yogurt-coated almonds, after the FDA discovered that they weren’t labeled properly.

The FDA defines a Class 1 recall as “a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death." The affected products that fall into this new classification include Cal Yee Farms dark chocolate almonds,

The FDA has updated the December recall of some of Cal Yee Farms' products to the highest risk level classification for three of its chocolate products, warning that exposure or consumption could cause death.

A chocolate recall was recently upgraded to warn consumers of a potential to “cause serious adverse health consequences of death.”

In recent weeks, several high-profile food recalls have sparked concerns over potential health risks linked to popular snack items and vegetables. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified several of these recalls as Class I,

Chocolate-covered nuts, apricots, and raisins recalled by Cal Yee Farm in December were given a Class 1 risk level by the FDA. A Class 1 recall notes that there is a “reasonable probability” that consumption “will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.