Food recall

The Kroger Co recall: Comforts FOR BABY Purified Water with Flouride Added

The Kroger Co, of Cincinnati, OH, recalled Comforts FOR BABY Purified Water with Flouride Added. The FDA's reason: “the firm received a complaint of mold found in the product.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 3, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 13, 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 March 14, 2018

The recall

Company
The Kroger Co (Cincinnati, OH)
Reason, in FDA's words
“the firm received a complaint of mold found in the product.”
Where it was sold
Product was shipped to the following states: AL, AR, GA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, VA & WV.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
78593

The product recalled

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

  • F-0493-2018 Class II

    Comforts FOR BABY Purified Water with Flouride Added. 1 GAL (3.78 L) DISTRIBUTED BY THE KROGER CO., CINCINNATI, OHIO 45202

    Codes: Plant Code:: 51-4140 SELL BY: 05/18/18, SELL BY APR 26 18 THRU OCT 10 18

    Quantity: 107,874 cs/ (4 x 1 gallon jugs) and 1 gallon jugs

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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 December 13, 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.