American Beverage Corp. Recalls Big Hug Fruit Barrel Kiwi Strawberry Bottles
American Beverage Corp. is recalling Big Hug Fruit Barrel Kiwi Strawberry bottles due to a potential choking hazard from dislodged nozzle cap parts.
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: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (choking hazard) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the High severity criteria in the rubric.
Plain-English summary
American Beverage Corp. is voluntarily recalling Big Hug Fruit Barrel Kiwi Strawberry, a 16 oz plastic bottle beverage with a sports cap. The recall involves 250,000 cases of the product distributed nationwide. The specific products affected are those bearing a "best buy" or "expiration date" earlier than 09/24/12 and carrying UPC 074806001622.
The recall is issued because there is a possibility that a part of the nozzle cap can become dislodged through abuse, such as excessive chewing, and subsequently ingested. This poses a potential health and safety hazard. The specific cap design in question is no longer used by the company and was last produced in September 2011.
The firm does not anticipate finding any impacted product in the market. Consumers should check their inventory for the specific UPC and expiration dates listed above. If they possess the affected product, they should stop using it and contact the company for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Big Hug Fruit Barrel Kiwi Strawberry, in a 16 oz plastic bottle with a sports cap, American Beverage Corp., Verona PA.
- Manufacturer
- American Beverage Corp
- Category
- Food — Beverages
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 250,000
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 27 recalled by American Beverage Corp 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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