Food recall

Vitamin Cottage Natural Foods Market, Inc DBA Natural Grocers recall: Natural Grocers, Elderberries Whole Organic

Vitamin Cottage Natural Foods Market, Inc DBA Natural Grocers, of Lakewood, CO, recalled Natural Grocers, Elderberries Whole Organic. The FDA's reason: “Potential contamination with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on October 27, 2020, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of December 2, 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

Salmonella

Status

Terminated

Closed February 24, 2021

The recall

Company
Vitamin Cottage Natural Foods Market, Inc DBA Natural Grocers (Lakewood, CO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Potential contamination with Salmonella.”
Where it was sold
AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, KS, LA, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, TX, UT, WA, WY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
86678

The product recalled

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

  • F-0126-2021 Class II

    Natural Grocers, Elderberries Whole Organic, 4 oz. (113g), plastic bag, UPC 0-0082-00304-3

    Codes: 20-216; 20-225; 20-246; 20-265; 20-281

    Quantity: 7738 4 oz. bags

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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 2, 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.