Lee's Tea Pink Chai Loose Leaf Tea Recalled for Salmonella Contamination
Lee's Provisions Inc. is recalling Pink Chai Organic Spiced Tulsi Tea due to potential Salmonella contamination. Consumers should stop using the product.
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 high-risk pathogen (Salmonella) without reported illness, which aligns with the High severity criteria in the rubric.
Plain-English summary
Lee's Provisions Inc. is voluntarily recalling Lee's Tea brand of Pink Chai - Organic Spiced Tulsi Tea Blend Loose Leaf Tea. The recall is being issued because the product may be contaminated with Salmonella. The affected product is packaged in re-sealable plastic pouches in 30g and 90g sizes.
The recall involves 6,788 units. The product originated from a Canadian exporter and was sold to two direct accounts in the United States, located in Brooklyn, NY, and Tempe, AZ. These accounts further distributed the product to customers throughout the U.S. The specific lot codes for the 30g packages are 3062718 06/2020, and for the 90g packages are 2021JA23PC, 2021FE05PC, and 03-02021, with a best before date of 2021 MR21.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it immediately. The FDA classifies this as a Class II recall, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to the violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.
The recalled product
- Product
- Lee's Tea brand of Pink Chai - Organic Spiced Tulsi Tea Blend Loose Leaf Tea packaged in re-sealable plastic pouches sizes 30g, UPC 6 28055 21014 6 and 90g, UPC 6 28055 21004 7.
- Manufacturer
- LEE'S PROVISIONS INC
- Category
- Food — Tea
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 6,788
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 (5)
- 30g package: 3062718 06/2020
- 90g Package: Lot #'s 2021JA23PC
- 2021FE05PC
- & 03-02021
- Best Before 2021 MR21
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
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