More on the Dagoba Chocolate lead recall
Here's a new posting on the Dagoba Chocolate lead recall website that doesn't exactly inspire confidence:
NOTE: UPDATE as of 4/7/06: We have added two lots of Eclipse and extended the date code range for Eclipse broken bars. These changes are marked with an asterisk (*). ...Here's what it said yesterday, and still says today, further down the page:1) Dagoba Organic Eclipse 87% Extra Dark, 2 oz bar
UPC 8-10474-00113-3
12 – 2 oz. bars per case/144 bars per master case
LOT CODE Year/month/day === Distribution Dates
* 2006111110 === 11/10-11/16/05
* 20061116 === 11/16-11/22/06...6) Dagoba Organic Eclipse 87%“Broken Bars” Forest Grown Organic Dark Chocolate, 1.5 lb bulk bags
UPC: None
1.5 lb bulk bags/ 10 per case
Lot # Distribution Dates
* all === 8/1/05-3/24/06
Q: Are other Dagoba products affected by this recall?Uh huh.A: No. We have fully tested all Dagoba products and have determined that all other Dagoba products are safe and within the FDA's guidelines for lead.
UPDATE, 4/8, 3:32 a.m.: Interesting -- sometime this evening they rewrote that last Q and A to read as follows:
Q: Are other Dagoba products besides Eclipse 87%, Los Rios 68% and Prima Materia 100% affected by this recall?Stay tuned.A: No. We have fully tested all Dagoba products and have determined that all other Dagoba products are safe and within the FDA's guidelines for lead.
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Comments (4)
There was a CSI about this once, A gambler that ate too much chocolate, they said in Africa they still used old cars with leaded gas that suplimented the lead posioning in his leg from an old mafia slug and I can't remember what chemical it was that the waitress put in the gamblers drink but interacted with the lead in his blood stream to cause a heart incident for him to die.
You might want to rent that episode, and watch it at your next big card (note I could not use the P word and get posted) game. I think the title of the episode was "Death by chocolate" it was the punch line at the end anyway.
Posted by Swimmer | April 8, 2006 8:21 AM
Jack:
Not to diminish the personal harm you MAY have suffered, or understate the emotional toll of learning you ingested lead while eating your favorite chocolate...BUT Get a blood test already! You have to find out to put your mind at ease.
Clearly, Dagoba is a small company with minimal crisis communications or management skills.
I'm amazed they even have testing protocols in place for a "natural" product like chocolate.
With most FDA or USDA "allowable" limits, you would probably have to eat 50 pounds of their chocolate before it actually harmed you.
Posted by Alice | April 8, 2006 8:43 AM
All I want right now is their test results.
Posted by Jack Bog | April 8, 2006 2:16 PM
I have noticed that dagoba has removed all refrences from their website to their number one marketing statement that has propelled them forward over these last few years.
In every PR piece they have ever done they describe themselves as practicing the "Art of Alchemy". The owners email is alchemist@dagoba.com
Isnt alchemy the process of turning lead into gold?
Posted by bob | April 10, 2006 8:26 AM