The Recall Desk
Agency classClass IIOur severity:HighFDA (Food)·F-1589-2023·Announced 2023-10-04

Fenugreek Supplement Bottles Recalled for Pen Fragment Contamination

Vitality Works is recalling 1,025 bottles of fenugreek capsules due to contamination with pen pieces. No illnesses have been reported.

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: FDA Class II recall with confirmed foreign material contamination (pen pieces) posing a potential choking hazard. No illnesses or injuries have been reported; the risk is identified but harm has not yet occurred.

Plain-English summary

Vitality Works, Inc. is recalling approximately 1,025 bottles of 100 Vegetarian Fenugreek Capsules (90 count, 600mg) due to contamination with foreign material. The recalled product is Lot 2023-06871 with an expiration date of 07/2028, packaged in 150cc amber glass bottles with white polypropylene caps.

The capsules have been found to contain pieces of a pen (writing utensil). Ingestion of these fragments could pose a choking or injury hazard to consumers.

The affected bottles were distributed to 55 retail customers representing 284 individual stores located within the United States. All distribution occurred within the US with no foreign sales or distribution to US Government agencies. The recall notification was sent to distributors on August 24, 2023.

Consumers who have purchased this product should stop taking it and return the bottle to their place of purchase for a refund.

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
Drug — Dietary 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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