Food recall

Pepsico Inc recall: Diet Mountain Dew (Dewnited Michigan) 20 oz

Pepsico Inc, of Purchase, NY, recalled Diet Mountain Dew (Dewnited Michigan) 20 oz. The FDA's reason: “Front label states diet Mountain Dew, but the product is actually full calorie Mountain Dew.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 16, 2019, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of September 4, 2019. 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

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed April 30, 2020

The recall

Company
Pepsico Inc (Purchase, NY)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Front label states diet Mountain Dew, but the product is actually full calorie Mountain Dew.”
Where it was sold
Promotional give away events at the (MI) Upper Peninsula State Fair and 1 retail location in MI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
83598

The product recalled

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

  • F-2091-2019 Class II

    Diet Mountain Dew (Dewnited Michigan) 20 oz. plastic bottle Promotional give away as individual units

    Codes: XXXXNY071192, Use By Date OCT 07 19

    Quantity: 1,000 units

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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 September 4, 2019.

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.