Food recall

The Coca-Cola Company recall: Odwalla Superfood fruit smoothie 15.2 oz

The Coca-Cola Company, of Atlanta, GA, recalled Odwalla Superfood fruit smoothie 15.2 oz. The FDA's reason: “There is the potential for a limited quantity of bottles to contain foreign matter in the form of tiny pieces of wire metal fragments.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 13, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 25, 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

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed August 23, 2018

The recall

Company
The Coca-Cola Company (Atlanta, GA)
Reason, in FDA's words
“There is the potential for a limited quantity of bottles to contain foreign matter in the form of tiny pieces of wire metal fragments.”
Where it was sold
Alaska, Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming and Canada.
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
80532

The product recalled

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

  • F-1656-2018 Class II

    Odwalla Superfood fruit smoothie 15.2 oz. (450mL) plastic bottle; Sold in 8 pack case Unit UPC: 000-14054-06405-5 Odwalla Life Food- Canada only - Unit UPC: 000-14054-03125-5 Ingredients: Apple Juice from concentrate, peach and mango purees from concentrate, banana puree, less than 1% OF, Spirulina, natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate (for tartness) vitamin C (ascorbic acid) kale, wheat grass, barley grass, wheat sprouts, Jerusalem artichoke, Nova Scotia dulse Pectin and gellan gum. Contains Wheat. Distributed by Odwalla Inc., San Leandro, CA 94577 Pasteurized. Must be refrigerated

    Codes: AUG 3118 AS; SEP 0218 AS; SEP 0318 AS; Canadian distribution: SEP 0218 AS.

    Quantity: 14,870 cases

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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 July 25, 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.