Vitalab Recalls Beet Plant Juice Tablets Due to Foreign Object
Vitalab Co Inc is recalling specific lots of whole beet plant juice tablets because a customer found a foreign object in the product.
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 2/5 (Moderate).
Minor labeling or packaging issue, or a voluntary precautionary recall. Risk of harm is low but real — follow the manufacturer's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as FDA Class II, and the hazard involves a foreign object without reported injuries, fitting the criteria for moderate severity.
Plain-English summary
Vitalab Co Inc is recalling 280 bottles of whole beet plant juice dietary supplements. The affected products include VIT-RA-TOX, Springreen, and Sonne's Whole Beet Plant Juice, packaged as 400 mg tablets in 150-tablet glass amber bottles. The recall involves specific lot codes and national distributors in North Kansas City, MO.
The recall was initiated after a customer reported finding a foreign object in the product. The affected units were distributed retail and wholesale to multiple states, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin, as well as Puerto Rico.
Consumers who have purchased these products should stop using them and contact the recalling firm or their retailer for a refund or replacement. The specific lot code for all three labels is 06-11-15-2.
The recalled product
- Product
- VIT-RA-TOX Whole Beet Plant Juice, dietary supplement, dry, 400 mg tablet, packaged in 150 tablets glass, amber bottles. No. 48. National Distributors: V.E. Irons, Inc, N. Kansas City, MO. Springreen Whole Beet Plant Juice, dietary supplement, dry, 400 mg tablet, packaged…
- Manufacturer
- Vitalab Co Inc
- Category
- Food — Dietary Supplement
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 280
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 (1)
- All three labels have the same lot code: 06-11-15-2
Distribution
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