Food recall

Vitalab Co Inc recall: VIT-RA-TOX Whole Beet Plant Juice, dietary supplement, dry

Vitalab Co Inc, of Kansas City, MO, recalled VIT-RA-TOX Whole Beet Plant Juice, dietary supplement, dry. The FDA's reason: “The firm reports a customer found a foreign object in the product.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 4, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 13, 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed September 11, 2014

The recall

Company
Vitalab Co Inc (Kansas City, MO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The firm reports a customer found a foreign object in the product.”
Where it was sold
Distribution was made both retail and wholesale to AZ, CA, CO, FL, GA, IA, IL, KS, KY, LA, MD, MI, MN, NJ, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NY, OH, OR, PA, TX, WA and WI. Distribution was made to PR.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
66446

The product recalled

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

  • F-0101-2014 Class II

    VIT-RA-TOX Whole Beet Plant Juice, dietary supplement, dry, 400 mg tablet, packaged in 150 tablets glass, amber bottles. No. 48. National Distributors: V.E. Irons, Inc, N. Kansas City, MO. Springreen Whole Beet Plant Juice, dietary supplement, dry, 400 mg tablet, packaged in 150 tablets glass, amber bottles. No. 88. National Distributors: Springreen Products, Inc, N. Kansas City, MO. Sonne's Whole Beet Plant Juice, dietary supplement, dry, 400 mg tablet, packaged in 150 tablets glass, amber bottles. No. 18. National Distributors: Sonne's Organic Foods, Inc., N. Kansas City, MO

    Codes: All three labels have the same lot code: 06-11-15-2

    Quantity: 280 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 November 13, 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.