Food recall

The Coca-Cola Company recall: Coca Cola Vanilla

The Coca-Cola Company, of Atlanta, GA, recalled Coca Cola Vanilla. The FDA's reason: “The product contains undeclared aspartame.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 29, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 16, 2014. 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

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

Status

Terminated

Closed April 7, 2016

The recall

Company
The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta, GA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The product contains undeclared aspartame.”
Where it was sold
CO, KS, NM, SD, UT and WY.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
68499

The product recalled

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

  • F-2088-2014 Class III

    Coca Cola Vanilla, 12 pack/12 fl oz cans, UPC: 49000 03124, Canned under authority of the Coca Cola Company, Atlanta, GA 30313 By a member of the Coca Cola Bottlers Association, Atlanta, GA.

    Codes: Date Code: JAN192055CC

    Quantity: Total 3606 cases (24/12oz cans/case)

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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 16, 2014.

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.