Food recall

Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc. recall: Amaranth Grain Organic, brand Natural Grocers

Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc., of Golden, CO, recalled Amaranth Grain Organic, brand Natural Grocers. The FDA's reason: “Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on July 21, 2022, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of August 10, 2022. 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 September 30, 2022

The recall

Company
Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc. (Golden, CO)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella”
Where it was sold
AR, AZ, CO, IA, ID, KS, LA, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NM, ND, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WY
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
90655

The product recalled

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

  • F-1511-2022 Class II

    Amaranth Grain Organic, brand Natural Grocers, packaged in plastic bag, net wt. 1 LB (454g) UPC 0 00080 12550 1. Label has cooking instructions: "Preparation: RINSE 1C GRAIN. BRING 3C WATER TO BOIL. ADD GRAIN. COVER. REDUCE HEAT TO SIMMER. COOK FOR 25 MIN".

    Codes: 22-102, 22-103, 22-130, 22-194

    Quantity: 6351 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 August 10, 2022.

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.