Food recall

Jason Pharmaceuticals, Inc. t/a Medifast recall: Optavia, Old Fashioned Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal

Jason Pharmaceuticals, Inc. t/a Medifast, of Owings Mills, MD, recalled Optavia, Old Fashioned Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal. The FDA's reason: “The product contains undeclared milk.” The FDA classified it Class I: it could cause serious harm or death. The company began the recall voluntarily on May 1, 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 I

It could cause serious harm or death

Why

Allergen not on the label

Status

Terminated

Closed October 19, 2021

The recall

Company
Jason Pharmaceuticals, Inc. t/a Medifast (Owings Mills, MD)
Reason, in FDA's words
“The product contains undeclared milk.”
Where it was sold
Nationwide
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
85604

The product recalled

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

  • F-0938-2020 Class I

    Optavia, Old Fashioned Maple & Brown Sugar Oatmeal . 1.13 oz./ 32 g pouch, Multi-layer Kraft paper/aluminum pouches, Seven pouches per carton

    Codes: RP1048870, RP1048871, RP1048886 with Best Buy dates of 01082021 and 01092021

    Quantity: 24,923 cartons

Get new charts weekly

One email a week with the newest charts and their key numbers. No account needed.

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.