Food recall

Vintage Roots LLC recall: Vintage Roots Root Beer Syrup

Vintage Roots LLC, of Conrad, MT, recalled Vintage Roots Root Beer Syrup. The FDA's reason: “Unapproved food additive: sassafras bark.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on June 13, 2026, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of July 29, 2026. 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

Labeling, packaging or manufacturing problems

Status

Terminated

Closed July 28, 2026

The recall

Company
Vintage Roots LLC (Conrad, MT)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Unapproved food additive: sassafras bark.”
Where it was sold
Distributed in MT only
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
99354

The product recalled

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

  • H-1177-2026 Class II

    Vintage Roots Root Beer Syrup, packaged in glass bottle. Net Wt. 8oz. (236.6 mL). Distributed by Vintage Roots, PO Box 12, Brady, MT 59416. The product label declares: Ingredients: Filtered Water, Pure Cane Sugar, Sassafras Bark, Burdock Roots, Wild Cherry Bark, Molasses, Fresh Lemon Juice, Star Anise, Coriander Seeds, Whole Clove, Wintergreen Extract (no alcohol).

    Codes: Lot Code: 051626-1 Use By May 2027

    Quantity: 7 bottles

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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 July 29, 2026.

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.