Healthy Food Ingredients Recalls Organic Flaxseed Due to Unapproved Herbicide
Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC is recalling Organic IntegriPure Cold Milled Flaxseed in 50 lb and 2,000 lb totes due to the detection of an unapproved herbicide.
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 source text does not report any illnesses or injuries, fitting the criteria for a moderate severity score involving low-risk contamination or voluntary precautionary measures.
Plain-English summary
Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC is recalling Organic IntegriPure Cold Milled Flaxseed, 50 lb Net Wt. and 2000 lb. totes, due to the detection of an unapproved herbicide. The recall involves a total of 257,083 lbs. of product, which was expanded in February 2020 from an initial 74,500 lbs.
The affected product was distributed in California, Colorado, Utah, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and Canada. Specific lot numbers are listed in the official recall documentation.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions or a refund.
The recalled product
- Product
- Organic IntegriPure Cold Milled Flaxseed, 50 lb Net Wt. and 2000 lb. totes
- Manufacturer
- Healthy Food Ingredients, LLC
- Category
- Food — Grains / Seeds
- Hazard
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 (17)
- Lots: 4P194M-041119-103
- 4P197M-270919-103
- 4P197M-241019-EC. EXPANDED February 2020: Lot numbers: 4P152M-300719-103
- 4P152M-300719-EC
- 4P154M-120619-103
- 4P154M-210619-101
- 4P154M-EC
- 4P155M-120619-103
- 4P155M-120619-EC
- 4P172M-300719-103
- 4P172M-300719-EC
- 4P179M-190819-103
- 4P180M-311019-103
- 4P190M-311219-103
- 4P191M-170919-103
- 4P191M-301219-EC
- 4P203M-151019-101.
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