Food recall

Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Holdings recall: Benefiber Healthy Shape Prebiotic Fiber Supplement

Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Holdings, of Warren, NJ, recalled Benefiber Healthy Shape Prebiotic Fiber Supplement and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Fiber prebiotic product potentially contaminated with small plastic pieces.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on April 28, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of May 13, 2020. 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 June 1, 2021

The recall

Company
Glaxosmithkline Consumer Healthcare Holdings (Warren, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Fiber prebiotic product potentially contaminated with small plastic pieces”
Where it was sold
Distributed to the following US states: AR, CA, FL, HI, ID, IL, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, NC, NE, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA, and WI
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
85554

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0950-2020 Class II

    Benefiber Healthy Shape Prebiotic Fiber Supplement, 500G UPC 886790018872

    Codes: Lot: MP8B (EXP Sep2021)

    Quantity: 29,844 bottles

  • F-0951-2020 Class II

    Benefiber Prebiotic Fiber Supplement, packaged in the following ways 1) Net Wt. 500 g (17.6 oz) bottle. UPC 886790218302 and 2) Net Wt. 760 g bottle UPC 8886790211907

    Codes: Lots: YT2Y (EXP Oct 2021), 7D6E (EXP Nov 2021), UV5C (EXP Oct 2021), 648H (EXP Nov 2021)

    Quantity: 170,340 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 May 13, 2020.

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.