The Recall Desk

Hazard

Methanol Contamination recalls

51 recalls in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
51
Critical
10
Severe
37
Most recent
2024-05-01

Of the 51 methanol contamination recalls we have scored against our rubric, 10 (20%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 37 (73%) are Severe.

Which agencies issued them

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all methanol contamination recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

A recall can carry multiple tags — a Listeria recall might also be tagged ready-to-eat and undeclared-allergen. Use the full-text search if you want to combine hazard tags with brand or category filters.

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  • CriticalFDA (Food)·F-1536-2018·2018-06-13

    FDA Recalls Ethanol Extraction 190 Proof Grain Alcohol Due to Methanol Contamination

    Lake Michigan Distilling is recalling 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol due to methanol contamination that could cause serious injury or death if consumed.

    Product
    Ethanol Extraction 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol, Multiple sizes: 8 oz, 16 oz, 32 oz, 64 oz, 1 gal, 2.5 gals, 5 gals, 55 gallon drum, 8oz clear PVC cylinder bottles, all others heavy-duty polyethylene bottles (except single 55-gallon plastic drum).
    Category
    Food
    Distribution
    51 states