Food recall

NOW Foods recall: White plastic bottle with blue cap containing 90 capsules

NOW Foods, of Bloomingdale, IL, recalled White plastic bottle with blue cap containing 90 capsules. The FDA's reason: “It has been determined that this product contains an undeclared ingredient, licorice extract, which contains glycyrrhizin derived from licorice root.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 3, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 31, 2013. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed March 28, 2016

The recall

Company
NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“It has been determined that this product contains an undeclared ingredient, licorice extract, which contains glycyrrhizin derived from licorice root.”
Where it was sold
US: Nationwide; Foreign: United Kingdom
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
65640

The product recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • F-1726-2013 Class II

    White plastic bottle with blue cap containing 90 capsules; Ashwagandha Extract; 450 mg; CODE 4603; Manufactured by NOW FOODS; 395 S. Glen Ellyn Rd., Bloomingdale, IL 60108, USA

    Codes: UPC: 7 33739 04603 1; Product Code: 4603; Lot: 1599135; Best By: May 2015

    Quantity: 2,571 bottles

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of July 31, 2013.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.