Food recall
Pharmatech LLC recall: Rugby Liquid Vitamin C Supplement 500 mg 118 mL UPC 00536-0160-97
Pharmatech LLC, of Davie, FL, recalled Rugby Liquid Vitamin C Supplement 500 mg 118 mL UPC 00536-0160-97 and 16 other products. The FDA's reason: “Presence of yeast and potential contamination with B. cepacia.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 16, 2017, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of January 31, 2018. 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 December 2, 2022
The recall
- Company
- Pharmatech LLC (Davie, FL)
- Reason, in FDA's words
- “Presence of yeast and potential contamination with B. cepacia.”
- Where it was sold
- MI
- Recall began
- , by the company
- FDA classified it
- First in an FDA Enforcement Report
- FDA event number
- 78978
The 17 products recalled
As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.
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F-0620-2018 Class II
Rugby Liquid Vitamin C Supplement 500 mg 118 mL UPC 00536-0160-97
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0621-2018 Class II
Rugby Ferrous Sulfate Elixir 473 mL UPC: 00536-0650-85
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0622-2018 Class II
Rugby FER Iron Liquid 50 mL UPC 00536-0710-80
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0623-2018 Class II
Major Ferrous Drop Iron Supplement 50 mL UPC 00904-6060-50
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0624-2018 Class II
Rugby Calcionate Syrup 16 oz. UPC 00536-2770-85
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0625-2018 Class II
Rugby Cerovite Liquid 236 mL UPC 00536-2790-59
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0626-2018 Class II
Rugby D3 Vitamin liquid 400 IU/1 mL dose 1 2/3 fl. oz. (50 mL) UPC 00536-8400-80
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0627-2018 Class II
Leader Liquid Vitamin D Supplement for Breastfed Infants 400 IU 50 mL UPC 096295128628
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0628-2018 Class II
Major D-Vita Drops 50 mL UPC 00904-6273-50
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0629-2018 Class II
Rugby Polyvitamin Liquid 1 2/3 fl. oz. (50 mL) UPC 00536-8450-80
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0630-2018 Class II
Major Poly-Vita Drops 50 mL UPC 00904-5099-50
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0631-2018 Class II
Rugby Tri-Vitamin Liquid 1 2/3 fl. oz. (50 mL) UPC 00536-8501-80
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0632-2018 Class II
Major Tri-Vita Drops 50 mL UPC 00904-6274-50
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0633-2018 Class II
Major Poly-Vita Drops w/ Iron 50 mL UPC 00904-5100-50
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0634-2018 Class II
Rugby Poly-Vitamin w/ Iron Liquid 50 mL UPC 00536-8530-80
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0635-2018 Class II
Leader Liquid Multivitamin Supplement for Infants and Toddlers 50 mL UPC 096295128611
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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F-0636-2018 Class II
Major Certa-Vite Liquid 236 mL UPC 00904-5023-09
Codes: All lots remaining within expiry
Quantity: Unknown
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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 January 31, 2018.
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.