Food recall

Pepsico Inc recall: Diet Pepsi 7.5 oz cans

Pepsico Inc, of Purchase, NY, recalled Diet Pepsi 7.5 oz cans. The FDA's reason: “Diet Pepsi 7.5 oz cans, 6 pack, are recalled due to undeclared Aspartame.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 13, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 8, 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 III

It is unlikely to cause harm

Why

Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed October 24, 2018

The recall

Company
Pepsico Inc (Purchase, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Diet Pepsi 7.5 oz cans, 6 pack, are recalled due to undeclared Aspartame.”
Where it was sold
distributed in AK, ID, MT, OR, and WA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
80526

The product recalled

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

  • F-1731-2018 Class III

    Diet Pepsi 7.5 oz cans, 6-pack. UPC on case label is 0 12000 16314 2. The product's case label is read in parts: "***diet pepsi***CARBONATED WATER, CARAMEL COLOR, PHOSPHORIC ACID, POTASSIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVES FRESHNESS), SUCRALOSE, ACESULFAME POTASSIUM, CAFFEINE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID***"

    Codes: Lot XXXTT051081, Use By Date AUG 20 18 Lot XXXTT060581, Use By Date SEP 17 18

    Quantity: 12482 cases Diet Pepsi 7.5 oz. 6 pk

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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 8, 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.