Garden Of Life Llc recall: Raw Meal Organic Vanilla Powder

The recall

Company

Garden Of Life Llc (West Palm Beach, FL)

Reason, in FDA's words

“Products possibly contaminated with Salmonella”

Where it was sold

Distributed nationwide throughout the U.S.A. Also distributed internationally to the following countries: AU, BG, CA, CZ, DE, GB, HK, IE, IN, SE, SG, NL.

Recall began

January 29, 2016, by the company

FDA classified it

May 11, 2016

First in an FDA Enforcement Report

May 18, 2016

FDA event number

73211

The 4 products recalled

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

• F-1327-2016 Class I

  Raw Meal Organic Vanilla Powder; Organic Shake and Meal Replacement; 949 g, 475 g, and 10-ct tray (68 g each). Packaged in plastic bottle with colored label.

  Codes: Lot code (Exp Date): 47216100 (09/01/2017), 47225500 (09/01/2017), 47198601 (09/30/2017), 47225600 (09/30/2017), 47253900 (09/30/2017), 47216200 (10/31/2017), 47225601 (10/31/2017), 47226400 (09/30/2017), 47257401 (09/30/2017), 47198600 (08/01/2017), 47200100 (08/01/2017), 47202100 (08/31/2017), 47225602 (11/30/2017), 47257100 (12/31/2017), 47198500 (08/01/2017), 47247900 (11/30/2017), 47273200 (11/30/2017), 47287600 (12/31/2017), 47275400 (11/30/2017), 4728000 (09/30/2017).

  Quantity: Total (including all flavors) of 422,923 bottles/units

• F-1328-2016 Class I

  Raw Meal Organic Chocolate Powder; Organic Shake and Meal Replacement; 986 g, 493 g, and 10-ct tray (65 g each). Packaged in plastic bottle with colored label.

  Codes: Lot code (Exp Date): 47198800 (09/01/2017), 47225900 (09/01/2017), 47249200 (09/01/2017), 47226000 (10/01/2017), 47226100 (10/31/2017), 47226200 (09/30/2017), 47226201 (10/31/2017), 47200000 (08/31/2017), 47215800 (08/01/2017), 47243600 (08/01/2017), 47247700 (11/30/2017), 47256902 (12/31/2017), 47198400 (08/01/2017), 47243000 (08/31/2017), 47247801 (11/30/2017), 47257001 (11/30/2017), 47200200 (08/01/2017), 47247800 (10/31/2017).

  Quantity: Total (including all flavors) of 422,923 bottles/units

• F-1329-2016 Class I

  Raw Meal Organic Original Powder; Organic Shake and Meal Replacement; 908 g, 454 g, and 10-ct tray (65 g each). Packaged in plastic bottle with colored label.

  Codes: Lot code (Exp Date): 47214600 (09/01/2017), 47236000 (09/30/2017), 47248901 (09/30/2017), 47246500 (10/31/2017), 47225800 (09/30/2017), 47214800 (09/01/2017), 47222300 (08/01/2017), 47246501 (11/30/2017), 47248900 (08/01/2017), 47198700 (08/01/2017), 47225700 (08/01/2017), 47269900 (11/30/2017).

  Quantity: Total (including all flavors) of 422,923 bottles/units

• F-1330-2016 Class I

  Raw Meal Organic Vanilla Spiced Chai Powder; Organic Shake and Meal Replacement; 909 g, 455 g, and 10-ct tray (65 g each). Packaged in plastic bottle with colored label.

  Codes: Lot code (Exp Date): 47215500 (09/01/2017), 47215501 (09/01/2017), 47226300 (10/31/2017), 47247600 (10/31/2017), 47206000 (09/30/2017), 47215600 (08/31/2017), 47247601 (11/30/2017), 47202000 (08/01/2017), 47215400 (08/01/2017), 47183200 (08/01/2017), 47183201 (09/30/2017).

  Quantity: Total (including all flavors) of 422,923 bottles/units

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 May 18, 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.