Food recall

Beverage Distribution Center Incorporated, LLC. (BDCI) recall: "A&W Root Beer Zero Sugar" packaged in 20oz PET bottles

Beverage Distribution Center Incorporated, LLC. (BDCI), of Pennsauken, NJ, recalled "A&W Root Beer Zero Sugar" packaged in 20oz PET bottles. The FDA's reason: “Product contains undeclared sugar. Full sugar root beer was packaged in bottles labeled "sugar free".” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on August 26, 2022, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 5, 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

Other ingredient not on the label (sulfites, dyes...)

Status

Terminated

Closed October 28, 2022

The recall

Company
Beverage Distribution Center Incorporated, LLC. (BDCI) (Pennsauken, NJ)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Product contains undeclared sugar. Full sugar root beer was packaged in bottles labeled "sugar free"”
Where it was sold
Distributed in Washington DC, MD, PA, and VA
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
90810

The product recalled

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

  • F-1792-2022 Class II

    "A&W Root Beer Zero Sugar" packaged in 20oz PET bottles. UPC: 00-0-78000-05340-1

    Codes: HJ07082 (Times: 18:00-20:30) Lot Number: 071892

    Quantity: 1350 cases (24 bottles/case)

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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 October 5, 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.