The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-0876-2013·Announced 2013-01-16

Lifevantage Recalls Protandim Dietary Supplement Due to Metal Fragments

Lifevantage Corp is recalling Protandim dietary supplements because tablets may contain small metal fragments. The recall affects 247,896 bottles sold in the US, Japan, Australia, Mexico, and Canada.

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 (metal fragments in ingestible tablets) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the High severity criteria.

Plain-English summary

Lifevantage Corp is voluntarily recalling 247,896 bottles of Protandim dietary supplements. The recall is being conducted because the tablets may contain small metal fragments embedded within them.

The affected product is packaged in a 90cc cylindrical blue bottle with a silver cap and contains thirty caplets per bottle. The label features a blue background with multi-colored print and states "Lifevantage PROTANDIM *the Nrf2 Synergizer Dietary Supplement I 30 Caplets". The specific lot numbers and expiration dates affected are: 12-0258 (7/2/2015), 12-0259 (7/3/2015), 12-0292 (7/9/2015), 12-0294 (7/11/2015), 12-0295 (7/12/2015), 12-0304 (7/18/2015), 12-0306 (8/16/2015), 12-0307 (8/17/2015), 12-0373 (8/21/2015), and 12-0382 (9/21/2015).

The product was distributed through a network of independent distributors, preferred customers, and end consumers in the United States, Japan, Australia, and Mexico. Sales were also made directly to end consumers for personal consumption in Canada. Consumers should stop using the product and contact Lifevantage Corp for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Protandim is packaged in a 90cc cylindrical blue bottle with a silver cap and contains thirty caplets per bottle. Label has a blue background with multi-colored print and pictorial stating in part: Lifevantage PROTANDIM *the Nrf2 Synergizer Dietary Supplement I 30…
Manufacturer
Lifevantage Corp
Category
Food — Dietary Supplement
Hazard
Affected units
247,896

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 (10)

  • Lot # / Expiration Date: 12-0258 / 7/2/2015
  • 12-0259 / 7/3/2015
  • 12-0292 / 7/9/2015
  • 12-0294 / 7/11/2015
  • 12-0295 / 7/12/2015
  • 12-0304 / 7/18/2015
  • 12-0306 / 8/16/2015
  • 12-0307 / 8/17/2015
  • 12-0373 / 8/21/2015
  • 12-0382 / 9/21/2015.

Distribution

Distribution scope not specified by the agency.

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