The Recall Desk
LowFDA (Food)·F-1150-2016·Announced 2016-05-11

Iowa Select Herbs Recalls Blood Root Supplement Due to Misbranding

Iowa Select Herbs LLC is recalling Blood Root dietary supplements because they are misbranded, unapproved new drugs, and adulterated.

What this means for you

Cosmetic or documentation issue. No expected health impact, but the manufacturer is correcting the affected products.

Our severity reasoning: The agency classified this as an FDA Class III recall, which the rubric defines as typically resulting in a score of 1 or 2 because it is unlikely to cause adverse health consequences.

Plain-English summary

Iowa Select Herbs LLC is recalling 1-gallon bottles of Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadenix) dietary supplements. The recall is being conducted pursuant to a consent decree for injunctive relief. The affected product is identified by Lot 30746 and has an expiration date of 05/2019.

The FDA determined that the recalled products are misbranded, unapproved new drugs, and adulterated dietary supplements. The agency classified this recall as Class III, which indicates that use of or exposure to the violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

The recalled product was distributed to retail stores in California, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, New York, and South Carolina, as well as to consumers nationwide and internationally in Denmark, Canada, the UK, Australia, and Serbia. Consumers should stop using the product and follow the instructions provided by the recalling firm.

The recalled product

Product
Iowa Select Herbs LLC, Blood Root (Sanguinaria canadenix), www.iowaselectherbs.com, 1 gallon., Cedar Rapids, IA 52402
Affected units
1

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 (2)

  • Lot - 30746
  • Expires - 05/2019

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

The notice also names 9 states specifically:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 104 recalled by Iowa Select Herbs LLC 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.

See all 104 products in this recall →