Food recall

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. recall: Rx CHOICE brand LIQUID VITAMIN C

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc., of Amityville, NY, recalled Rx CHOICE brand LIQUID VITAMIN C. The FDA's reason: “Out-of-specification results for pH.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 28, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 28, 2016. 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 germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed September 8, 2017

The recall

Company
Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc. (Amityville, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Out-of-specification results for pH.”
Where it was sold
CA, FL, ID, IL, LA, MI, MN, NC, ND, NJ, NY, OH, PA, SC, VT and Puerto Rico
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
68873

The product recalled

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

  • F-0817-2017 Class III

    Rx CHOICE brand LIQUID VITAMIN C, 16 FL OZ (473 mL), NDC 50383-167-16 --- HI-TECH PHARMACAL CO., INC. Amityville, NY 11701

    Codes: Lot 618283 (Exp. 01/2015), Lot 620151 (Exp. 03/2015), Lot 623407 (Exp. 09/2015) --- EXTENSION: Lots 620915 (Expiry 04/2015), 622298 (Exp. 07/2015), 624881 (Exp. 12/2015), 625981 (Exp. 02/2016), 626967 (Exp. 04/2016), 627676 (Exp. 05/2016).

    Quantity: 22,872 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 December 28, 2016.

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.