Food recall

Novartis Consumer Health recall: Benefiber, Fiber plus Calcium Supplement, Wild Berry Chewables 90ct, sugar free, chewable tablets bottle

Novartis Consumer Health, of Lincoln, NE, recalled Benefiber, Fiber plus Calcium Supplement, Wild Berry Chewables 90ct, sugar free, chewable tablets bottle and 4 other products. The FDA's reason: “The lot number and/or expiration date may be illegible on the outer plastic bottle packaging.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 6, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 25, 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 III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed November 4, 2014

The recall

Company
Novartis Consumer Health (Lincoln, NE)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The lot number and/or expiration date may be illegible on the outer plastic bottle packaging.”
Where it was sold
Distribution was made nationwide.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
66013

The 5 products recalled

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

  • F-1903-2013 Class III

    Benefiber, Fiber plus Calcium Supplement, Wild Berry Chewables 90ct, sugar free, chewable tablets bottle. Novartis Consumer Health, Inc, Parsippany, NJ.

    Codes: Lot Number and Expiration date 10118852 , 6/30/2013; 10123090, 8/31/2013; 10127095, 10/31/2014.

    Quantity: 26,604 units

  • F-1904-2013 Class III

    Benefiber, Fiber Supplement, Orange Creme Chewables, Sugar Free, 36ct and 100ct chewable tablet bottles. Novartis Consumer Health, Inc, Parsippany, NJ.

    Codes: Lot Number and Expiration date (36ct bottle): 10117915, 5/31/2014; 10118335, 7/31/2014; 10120615, 9/30/2014; 10110703A 3/31/2014. (100ct bottle): 10110706, 2/28/2014; 10112140, 2/28/2014; 10113261, 5/31/2014; 10116530, 5/31/2014; 10120059, 7/31/2014; 10120616, 8/31/2014; 10125996, 9/30/2014 and 10109551, 3/31/2015.

    Quantity: 165,480 units

  • F-1905-2013 Class III

    Benefiber, Fiber Supplement, 72ct and 114 caplet bottles. Novartis Consumer Health, Inc, Parsippany, NJ.

    Codes: Lot Number and Expiration date 72 ct bottle: 10100086, 9/30/2013 114 ct bottle: 10093114, 6/30/2013; 10095522, 7/31/2013; 10095531, 7/31/2013; 10097337, 8/31/2013; 10099444, 9/30/2013; 10099445, 9/30/2013; 10101260, 10/31/2013; 10102755, 11/30/2013; 10104634, 12/31/2013; 10104635, 1/31/2014; 10108857, 1/31/2014; 10112134, 2/28/2014; 10112135, 4/30/2014; 10113255, 5/31/2014; 10116304, 5/31/2014; 10118831, 6/30/2014; 10119626, 6/30/2014; 10120461, 7/31/2014; 10120462, 7/31/2014; 10124311, 9/30/2014; 10128842, 10/31/2014.

    Quantity: 504,456 units

  • F-1906-2013 Class III

    Benefiber, Fiber Supplement, Assorted Fruit, Sugar Free, 100ct chewable tablets. Novartis Consumer Health, Inc, Parsippany, NJ.

    Codes: Lot Number and Expiration date 10110708, 5/12/2011; 10110806, 5/10/2011; 10111858, 6/8/2011; 10112132, 6/17/2011; 10113256, 7/25/2011; 10116303, 9/9/2011; 10116444, 9/8/2011; 10118336, 10/6/2011; 10118337, 10/6/2011; 10119374, 10/31/2011; 10119376, 10/4/2011; 10120002, 12/6/2011; 10120003, 11/1/2011; 10123092, 12/6/2011; 10123093, 11/18/2011; 10125929, 12/21/2011; 10125995, 12/21/2011;

    Quantity: 419,040 units

  • F-1907-2013 Class III

    Benefibre, Orange Creme Chewables, 36ct and 100ct chewable tablet bottles. Foreign labeling: Novartis Consumer Health Canada Inc, Mississauga, ON.

    Codes: Lot Number and Expiration date 36ct bottle: 10101294, 12/31/2013; 10114155, 4/30/2014 100ct bottle: 10097346,8/31/2013;10104669,12/31/2013;10117018,1/31/2014;10117019, 4/30/2014;10120625,8/31/2014.

    Quantity: 70,380 units

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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 September 25, 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.