The Recall Desk
LowFDA (Food)·F-1225-2016·Announced 2016-05-11

Iowa Select Herbs Recalls St John's Wart Due to Misbranding

Iowa Select Herbs LLC is recalling St John's Wart products because they are misbranded, unapproved new drugs, and adulterated dietary supplements.

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 classification is FDA Class III, which by definition is unlikely to cause adverse health consequences, and the source text does not report any illnesses or injuries.

Plain-English summary

Iowa Select Herbs LLC is recalling St John's Wart, a 1-gallon product manufactured in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The recall is being conducted pursuant to a consent decree for injunctive relief.

The FDA has determined that the recalled products are misbranded, unapproved new drugs, and adulterated dietary supplements. The 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 who have purchased this product should stop using it and contact the manufacturer for further instructions.

The recalled product

Product
Iowa Select Herbs LLC, St John's Wart, 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 (1)

  • Lot-19892 Expires-02/2019

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 →