The Recall Desk
ModerateFDA (Food)·F-0350-2018·Announced 2017-11-15

Harmless Harvest Recalls Probiotic Drinks Due to Premature Spoilage

Harmless Harvest is recalling four varieties of probiotic drinks because testing identified Candida lusitaniae as the cause of premature spoilage.

What this means for you

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 involves a low-risk contamination (spoilage) without reported illnesses or injuries, fitting the criteria for a moderate severity score.

Plain-English summary

Harmless Harvest is recalling four varieties of Probiotic drinks. The recall is due to premature spoilage of the products.

Testing has identified Candida lusitaniae as the predominant microorganism causing the spoilage. The agency has classified this recall as Class II.

Consumers should check their refrigerators for the affected products and stop using them if they are part of this recall.

The recalled product

Product
Harmless Coconut Probiotics Strawberries; Coconut Cultured Beverage; UPC 859078-002566; Keep refrigerated 11 lf. oz. HDPE Bottle Ingredients: Organic Coconut Water, Water, Organic Coconut Meat, Organic Cane Sugar, Organic Strawberries, live and active cultures. Harmle
Manufacturer
Harmless Harvest
Affected units
21,216

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)

  • Use By Dates between and including 03OCT17 thru 21NOV1

Distribution

Distributed in 5 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 4 recalled by Harmless Harvest 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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