Hiland Dairy recalls fat-free chocolate milk due to potential food-grade sanitizer contamination. Check your carton for the specific UPC and best-by date.
“Hiland Fat Free Chocolate Milk Recall: Sanitizer Contamination.” GovInfoNow, updated October 10, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/11262-hiland-fat-free-chocolate-milk-recall-sanitizer-contamination. Based on FDA recall #F-0716-2023 (https://api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0716-2023%22&limit=1).
Hiland Dairy Foods Company LLC voluntarily recalled Hiland Fat Free Chocolate Milk Half Pint products on April 3, 2023, after the FDA announced that some cartons may contain food grade sanitizer. The recall affects approximately 301,800 units distributed in Texas.
How to tell if you have it
Brand: Hiland
Product: Fat Free Chocolate Milk Half Pint
UPC: 72060 00133 4
Best By: Apr 10 480906
The hazard
A small number of cartons may contain food grade sanitizer. The FDA classified this as a Class II recall.
Context
GovInfoNow's records show Hiland Dairy Foods Company, LLC has five other recalls on record since Jan. 11, 2018. Other recent recalls of similar products include Meadow Gold Hawaii Recalls Fat Free Chocolate Milk Over Quality Issues (Oct. 14, 2025), Horizon Organic 1% Chocolate Milk Recall: Spoilage Risk (Aug. 7, 2026), and Wawa Chocolate Low-fat Milk Recall: Foreign Plastic in Product (Feb. 17, 2026).
How to tell if you have this one
Look for Hiland Fat Free Chocolate Milk Vitamin A&D Naturally Flavored Half Pint (236 mL) packaged in a paper carton. Check the UPC for 72060 00133 4 and the BEST BY date of Apr 10 480906.
Brand
Hiland
Product
Hiland Dairy Foods Company LLC recalls Hiland Fat Free Chocolate Milk Vitamin A&D Naturally Flavored Half Pint (236 mL) UPC 72060 00133 4 packaged in a paper
Category
Food
Based on the official FDA remedy
What to do — step by step
Stop consuming the product
Do not drink the milk if it matches the recalled UPC and best-by date due to sanitizer contamination risk.
Discard or return the item
The record does not specify a remedy, so please check with retailers or Hiland Dairy for further instructions on disposal or refunds.
Where it went and when
Where it was distributed
Distributed in Texas.
Listed by the agency
Not listed
FDA distribution: “Texas” States read from FDA’s own wording; “not listed” means the notice does not name it.
States: Texas.
Recall timeline
FDA terminated this recall 12 months after the firm started it.
1Firm started the recall
2FDA classified it Class II
3Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report
4FDA terminated the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official FDA recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
Official source: FDA Recall #F-0716-2023 (April 3, 2023) — FDA publishes no per-recall page; this is the official machine-readable enforcement record. Search FDA recalls for F-0716-2023 to see it in context.
Plain-language summary written by qwen3.6:35b-a3b on October 10, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the FDA notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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