Food recall

Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana recall: Mother's Milk was labeled as "Mature milk"

Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana, of Missoula, MT, recalled Mother's Milk was labeled as "Mature milk". The FDA's reason: “Mother's milk from batch #294 was recalled due to finding of plastic fragment in one bottle.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 24, 2015, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of June 17, 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed June 9, 2015

The recall

Company
Mothers' Milk Bank of Montana (Missoula, MT)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Mother's milk from batch #294 was recalled due to finding of plastic fragment in one bottle”
Where it was sold
distributed in Montana and Washington.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
71259

The product recalled

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

  • F-2419-2015 Class III

    Mother's Milk was labeled as "Mature milk". This is breast milk and was donated from nursing mothers. Product is packaged in glass bottle, 4 oz. The logo of Mother's Milk Bank is observed on a label. All milk was shipped frozen.

    Codes: MMBMT-032815-294-39. Expiration date 10/1/15

    Quantity: 63 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 June 17, 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.