Food recall

Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana recall: Frozen Pasteurized Human Milk in glass bottles

Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana, of Missoula, MT, recalled Frozen Pasteurized Human Milk in glass bottles and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Donor answered NO to question #32 "In the last 28 days, have you ever had a vaccine for measles, mumps or rubella?" It was later discovered that she had in fact received live vaccines for...” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 13, 2014, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 15, 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

See FDA's words below

Status

Terminated

Closed October 8, 2014

The recall

Company
Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Donor answered NO to question #32 "In the last 28 days, have you ever had a vaccine for measles, mumps or rubella?" It was later discovered that she had in fact received live vaccines for influenza, DTAP and MMR after delivery.”
Where it was sold
354oz bottle of unpasteurized milk was transfered to Mother's Milk of San Jose, CA. 12 - 4oz bottles was delivered to Community Medical Center, Missoula, Montana.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
69269

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0016-2015 Class III

    Frozen Pasteurized Human Milk in glass bottles. Label contains lot code followed by expiration date (month day year) and the description of the product which states Mature Milk. There is a Mothers' Milk Bank logo

    Codes: MMBMT-050114-71-1 through MMBMT-050114-71-12. 050114 represents the date the milk was pasteurized; 71 refers to the batch number; 1 refers to the bottle number. A total of 46 bottles were pasteurized for batch 71.

    Quantity: 12 - 4oz bottles

  • F-0017-2015 Class III

    Frozen Unpasteurized Human Milk in glass bottle. No labeling provided

    Codes: No lot coding

    Quantity: 354 fl oz

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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 October 15, 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.