Fenugreek Capsules Recalled Due to Foreign Pen Material Contamination
Vitality Works is recalling 1,025 bottles of 100 vegetarian Fenugreek Capsules due to contamination with pieces of a pen. Consumers should stop using the product immediately.
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: Foreign material contamination (pen pieces) constitutes a risk-of-harm product where consumers could experience choking or internal injury if ingested. Although no illnesses have been reported and the hazard remains theoretical, the physical nature of the contamination elevates this beyond low-risk contamination.
Plain-English summary
Vitality Works, Inc. is recalling 1,025 bottles of its 100 vegetarian Fenugreek Capsules (600mg) packaged in 150cc amber glass with white polypropylene caps. The recall was initiated after pieces of a pen (writing utensil) were discovered in the product during production. This contamination poses a potential risk of choking or internal injury if the product is ingested.
The affected product is Lot 2023-06871, expiring July 2028. The bottom code appears as 'FENUGRK PCAP 202306871 EXP 07/28.' The contaminated product was distributed to 55 retail customers representing 284 individual stores across the United States via small parcel shippers (UPS and FedEx). Notification of the recall was sent to the distribution chain on August 24, 2023.
Consumers who have purchased the recalled product should stop using it immediately. No illnesses have been reported in connection with this product to date.
The recalled product
- Product
- 100 vegetarian Fenugreek Capsules 90 count, 600mg, packaged in 150cc Amber Glass Packer with White Polypropylene Cap.
- Manufacturer
- Vitality Works, Inc
- Category
- Food — Herbal Supplement
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 1,025
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 54 recalled by Vitality Works, Inc 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.
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