Food recall

HVL, LLC recall: Melatonin Control- Released Tablets

HVL, LLC, of Pittsburgh, PA, recalled Melatonin Control- Released Tablets. The FDA's reason: “Bottles contained a vegetarian digestive enzyme dietary supplement instead of melatonin.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 12, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of February 18, 2015. 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

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed July 28, 2015

The recall

Company
HVL, LLC (Pittsburgh, PA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Bottles contained a vegetarian digestive enzyme dietary supplement instead of melatonin.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
70272

The product recalled

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

  • F-1202-2015 Class III

    Melatonin Control- Released Tablets, 60 tablets, in plastic bottles, Manufactured by Douglas Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA.

    Codes: Lot # 50032151, exp. 12/20/2015

    Quantity: 278

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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 February 18, 2015.

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.