Food recall

NOW Foods recall: NOW Vitamin B-50 Complex with C 100 Veg Caps

NOW Foods, of Bloomingdale, IL, recalled NOW Vitamin B-50 Complex with C 100 Veg Caps. The FDA's reason: “NOW Health Group Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of NOW s Vitamin B-50 mg 100 Veg Caps product code 0420 because it is mislabeled as Vitamin B-50 mg 100 Veg Caps.” The FDA classified it Class III: it is unlikely to cause harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on November 6, 2018, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 12, 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

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed May 15, 2019

The recall

Company
NOW Foods (Bloomingdale, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“NOW Health Group Inc. initiated a voluntary recall of NOW s Vitamin B-50 mg 100 Veg Caps product code 0420 because it is mislabeled as Vitamin B-50 mg 100 Veg Caps.”
Where it was sold
Domestic: California, Ohio, Florida, Missouri, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Texas No foreign /VA/DOD
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
81493

The product recalled

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

  • F-0682-2019 Class III

    NOW Vitamin B-50 Complex with C 100 Veg Caps

    Codes: NOW Vitamin B-50 Complex with C 100 Veg Caps Product Code 0410, Lot # 3064534, Best by 10/20 mislabeled as Vitamin B-50 mg 100 Veg Caps (Product Code 0420)

    Quantity: 61 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 December 12, 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.