Food recall

Empirical Laboratories, Incorporated recall: All-Natural Greens Dietary Supplement

Empirical Laboratories, Incorporated, of Fort Collins, CO, recalled All-Natural Greens Dietary Supplement and 12 other products. The FDA's reason: “Empirical Labs is recalling certain lots of dietary supplements due to potential for adulteration with chloramphenicol.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 21, 2013, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 20, 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

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed March 24, 2014

The recall

Company
Empirical Laboratories, Incorporated (Fort Collins, CO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Empirical Labs is recalling certain lots of dietary supplements due to potential for adulteration with chloramphenicol.”
Where it was sold
Distributed to ID, MN, and SC. Foreign distribution to Sweden. No military/govt/VA consignees.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
66559

The 13 products recalled

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

  • F-0145-2014 Class II

    All-Natural Greens Dietary Supplement; Manufactured Exclusively for NatureRich, Maple Grove, MN 55369.

    Codes: Lots: 3071520, 3071521, 3071522,03071523,3071524, 3071525, 3071526

    Quantity: 1041

  • F-0146-2014 Class II

    Natural Balanced Nutrition Vanilla Energy Shake Dietary Supplement; Manufactured for NatureRich, Maple Grove, MN.

    Codes: Lots: 3062615

    Quantity: 513

  • F-0147-2014 Class II

    Vive Shake Up Your Health Chocolate; Made for and distributed by renewal wellness.

    Codes: Lots: 3090510, 3081910

    Quantity: 519

  • F-0148-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health SuperFuel Plus Mocha Flavor; Whey protein isolate (milk); Dietary Supplement

    Codes: Lots: 3061708

    Quantity: 62

  • F-0149-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health SuperFuel Tropical Dietary Supplement

    Codes: Lots: 3061708

    Quantity: 62

  • F-0150-2014 Class II

    Dynamite Specialty Products Tri-Mins Daily Foundation, calcium, magnesium, potassium dietary supplement; 240 Capsules; Manufactured for Dynamite Marketing, Inc, Meridian, ID 83642.

    Codes: Lots: 3061705, 3072312

    Quantity: 1,727

  • F-0151-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health Superfuel; 240 Capsules Dietary Supplement

    Codes: Lots: 3072303

    Quantity: 61

  • F-0153-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health Inte-Zyme; 180 Capsules Dietary Supplement

    Codes: Lots: 3080109

    Quantity: 48

  • F-0154-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health Thyroid; 90 Capsules Dietary Supplement

    Codes: Lots: 3071708

    Quantity: 22

  • F-0155-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health Vascuzyme; 90 Capsules Dietary Supplement

    Codes: Lots: 3080104

    Quantity: 163

  • F-0156-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health P&L Enzymes; 180 Capsules Dietary Supplement

    Codes: Lots: 3080205

    Quantity: 63

  • F-0157-2014 Class II

    Non-GMO Ingredients Go Green Fuel for the Entire Body Dietary Supplement. All-Natural Greens Dietary Supplement. Manufactured Exclusiveley for: Hsin Ten Enterprise USA, Inc. Industry, CA 91748.

    Codes: Lots: 3071520,3071521,3071522,3071523,3071524, 3071526

    Quantity: 5157

  • F0152-2014 Class II

    Empirical Labs Building Health Digesti-Zyme; 180 Capsules Dietary SupplementSupplement

    Codes: Lots: 3080101

    Quantity: 246

Get new charts weekly

One email a week with the newest charts and their key numbers. No account needed.

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 20, 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.