Food recall

Harmless Harvest recall: Harmless Coconut Probiotics Original

Harmless Harvest, of San Francisco, CA, recalled Harmless Coconut Probiotics Original and 3 other products. The FDA's reason: “Recall of four varieties of Probiotic drinks due to premature spoilage. Testing has identified Candida lusitaniae as the predominate microorganism as the cause of spoilage.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 30, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of November 15, 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 February 28, 2018

The recall

Company
Harmless Harvest (San Francisco, CA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Recall of four varieties of Probiotic drinks due to premature spoilage. Testing has identified Candida lusitaniae as the predominate microorganism as the cause of spoilage.”
Where it was sold
MN, NJ, CA, OR, RI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
78424

The 4 products recalled

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

  • F-0349-2018 Class II

    Harmless Coconut Probiotics Original; Coconut Cultured Beverage; UPC 859078-002542; Keep refrigerated 11 lf. oz. HDPE Bottle Ingredients: Organic Coconut Water, Water, Organic Coconut Meat, Organic Cane Sugar, live and active cultures. Harmless Harvest

    Codes: Use By Dates between and including 03OCT17 thru 21NOV1

    Quantity: 28,842 bottles

  • F-0350-2018 Class II

    Harmless Coconut Probiotics Strawberries; Coconut Cultured Beverage; UPC 859078-002566; Keep refrigerated 11 lf. oz. HDPE Bottle Ingredients: Organic Coconut Water, Water, Organic Coconut Meat, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Strawberries, live and active cultures. Harmless Harvest

    Codes: Use By Dates between and including 03OCT17 thru 21NOV1

    Quantity: 21,216 bottles

  • F-0351-2018 Class II

    Harmless Coconut Probiotics Blueberries & Aa; Coconut Cultured Beverage; UPC 859078-002702; 11 lf. oz. HDPE Bottle; Keep refrigerated Ingredients: Organic Coconut Water, Water, Organic Coconut Meat, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Blueberries, Organic Acai, live and active cultures. Harmless Harvest

    Codes: Use By Dates between and including 03OCT17 thru 21NOV1

    Quantity: 22,242 bottles

  • F-0352-2018 Class II

    Harmless Coconut Probiotics Mangos & Acerolas; Coconut Cultured Beverage; UPC 859078-002719 ; 11 lf. oz. HDPE Bottle; Keep refrigerated Ingredients: Organic Coconut Water, Water, Organic Coconut Meat, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Mangos, Organic Acerolsas, live and active cultures. Harmless Harvest

    Codes: Use By Dates between and including 03OCT17 thru 21NOV1

    Quantity: 17,550 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 November 15, 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.