Juice Recall: Incomplete Pasteurization in Happy Moose Tropical Roots
Happy Moose Juice Tropical Roots is recalled due to incomplete pasteurization of certain bottles. Consumers should not consume products with lot number H240903-E and enjoy-by date 12/02/2024.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: FDA Class II recall with incomplete pasteurization, a process failure that could allow high-risk pathogens to survive. No illnesses have been reported, placing this at the upper boundary of theoretical risk-of-harm products without yet-reported injury.
Plain-English summary
Youngstown Grape Distributors, Inc. is recalling Happy Moose Juice Tropical Roots due to incomplete pasteurization. The product is packaged in 12 fl. oz. bottles containing mandarin orange, organic carrot juice, organic pineapple juice, lemon juice, and organic turmeric juice.
The recall affects 1,701 bottles with lot number H240903-E and an enjoy-by date of 12/02/2024. The product has been distributed to multiple states.
Incomplete pasteurization may allow harmful bacteria to survive in the product. Consumers who have purchased affected bottles should not consume them and should return the product to the retailer or discard it.
The recalled product
- Product
- Happy Moose Juice Tropical Roots packaged in a plastic 12 fl. oz. bottle. Ingredients: Mandarin Orange, Organic Carrot Juice, Organic Pineapple Juice, Lemon Juice, and Organic Turmeric Juice. UPC 860012096503
- Manufacturer
- Youngstown Grape Distributors, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Beverages / Juice
- Affected units
- 1,701
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Lot numbers (2)
- Lot: H240903-E
- Enjoy by: 12/02/2024
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 5 recalled by Youngstown Grape Distributors, Inc. under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.
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