The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-1569-2017·Announced 2017-03-15

Hormel Recalls Great Shake Fortified Nutrition Drinks for Undeclared Milk

Hormel Foods is recalling Great Shake and Great Shake Plus fortified nutrition drinks due to the presence of undeclared milk.

What this means for you

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 allergen mislabeling on a common allergen (milk), which corresponds to a severity score of 3 (High) according to the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Hormel Foods Corporation is recalling Great Shake and Great Shake Plus fortified nutrition drinks. The recall is being conducted because the products contain undeclared milk.

The affected products are Great Shake Fortified Nutrition, Soy Formula, Strawberry Artificially Flavored, packaged in 4 fl oz. (118 mL) and 6 fl oz. (177 mL) containers. The products are intended to be stored frozen. The recall covers 25,774 cases for all products.

The products were distributed in the United States in the following states: AL, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, TX, VA, WA, WV, WY, and WI. The products were also distributed in Canada. The use-by dates for the affected products range from FEB 17 17 to MAY 16 18.

The recalled product

Product
Great Shake Fortified Nutrition, Soy Formula, Strawberry Artificially Flavored, Packaged in 4 fl oz. (118 mL), and 6 fl oz. (177 mL). Store Frozen.
Affected units
25,774

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)

  • USE BY dates are FEB 17 17 to MAY 16 18

Distribution

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 6 recalled by Hormel Foods Corporation 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 6 products in this recall →