Food recall

Threshold Enterprises Ltd recall: Planetary Herbals Ginseng Classic

Threshold Enterprises Ltd, of Scotts Valley, CA, recalled Planetary Herbals Ginseng Classic. The FDA's reason: “Product was inadvertently released prior to release of all QC testing. Testing had positive results for coliform growth.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 16, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 9, 2017. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Other germs or toxins (botulism, hepatitis A, mold...)

Status

Terminated

Closed August 2, 2017

The recall

Company
Threshold Enterprises Ltd (Scotts Valley, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product was inadvertently released prior to release of all QC testing. Testing had positive results for coliform growth.”
Where it was sold
CA, MN, WA, IL, PR, ME, SD.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
77805

The product recalled

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

  • F-3338-2017 Class II

    Planetary Herbals Ginseng Classic; Classic Chinese Energizer 710 mg; 60 and 120 UPC 0 21078 10215 1 tablet bottles; 60 count - UPC 0 21078 10214 4; Product code PF0214 120 count - UPC 0 21078 10215; Product code PR0215.

    Codes: 60 count lot FG-86688, Exp. 5/21; 120 count lot FG-86689, Exp. 5/21.

    Quantity: 36 bottles - 7 x 120 count and 29 x 60 count.

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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 August 9, 2017.

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.