Agency classClass IIOur severity:High FDA (Food)·F-0231-2025·Announced 2024-12-11

Sysco Fruit Punch Drink Mix recalled for metal fragments

Sysco Classic Fruit Punch Drink Mix is being recalled due to metal fragments introduced by a damaged sifter during manufacturing. The affected product (Case UPC 00734730132709, Lot 263 EFA) was distributed across 29 states.

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: This is an FDA Class II recall for physical contamination (metal fragments) that poses an inherent choking and injury risk. No hospitalizations or reported illnesses are documented in the source, placing this at the High severity level per the rubric for risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Sysco Corporation is recalling Sysco Classic Fruit Punch Drink Mix (8.6 oz pouches) due to contamination with metal fragments. The product is identified by Case UPC 00734730132709, Lot 263 EFA, and was manufactured by DYMA BRANDS. The contamination occurred when a sifter used in dextrose production was damaged and introduced metal fragments into the finished product.

The affected product was distributed to food service and retail establishments in 29 states: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Louisiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and West Virginia.

Metal fragments in the product may pose a choking hazard or risk of mouth or throat injury to consumers.

The recalled product

Product: Sysco Classic Fruit Punch Drink Mix Natural and Artificial Flavor, NET WT. 8.6OZ (244 G), Case UPC 00734730132709, DISTRIBUTED BY SYSCO CORPORATION, HOUSTON, TEXAS 77077
Manufacturer: DYMA BRANDS
Category: Food — Beverage Mix
Hazard: metal-contamination
choking

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)

50567: Lot 263 EFA

Distribution

Distributed in 30 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 21 recalled by DYMA BRANDS 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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