Food recall

OCBW INC recall: Beverage Base Lemonade

OCBW INC, of Dallas, TX, recalled Beverage Base Lemonade and 1 other product. The FDA's reason: “Undeclared Yellow #5.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on January 31, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of March 5, 2025. 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 September 30, 2026

The recall

Company
OCBW INC (Dallas, TX)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Undeclared Yellow #5”
Where it was sold
Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Missouri, Arkansas, California
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
96154

The 2 products recalled

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

  • F-0574-2025 Class II

    Beverage Base Lemonade, 3 gallon, BIB: Best By 12/12/2025; Beverage Base Lemonade, 5 gallon, BIB: Best By 01/12/2026

    Codes: Best By 12/12/2025 Best by 1/12/2026

    Quantity: 8,847 Units Total

  • F-0575-2025 Class II

    Beverage Base Sweet&Sour, 3 gallon, BIB: Best By 12/10/2025

    Codes: Best By 12/10/2025

    Quantity: 8,847 Units Total

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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 March 5, 2025.

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.