Fenugreek capsule bottles recalled due to pen contamination
Vitality Works is recalling 1,025 bottles of 100-count fenugreek capsules (600mg) due to contamination with pen pieces. The affected lot is 2023-06871, expiring July 2028.
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: This is classified as FDA Class II, indicating potential hazard to health. No hospitalization or injury reports are documented. The hazard—pen pieces in dietary supplement capsules—presents a risk of choking or digestive tract injury if ingested, fitting the rubric criterion for 'risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.'
Plain-English summary
Vitality Works, Inc. is recalling 1,025 bottles of 100 Vegetarian Fenugreek Capsules (600mg, 90-count) because pen pieces were found in the product. The affected lot is 2023-06871, which expires in July 2028.
The recalled bottles were distributed to 55 retail customers representing 284 individual stores across the United States. Distribution was completed through small parcel shippers (UPS and FedEx), with distribution chain notification made on August 24, 2023. There was no distribution to foreign countries or U.S. government agencies.
The presence of pen pieces poses a choking hazard and risk of injury to the mouth and digestive tract. Consumers in possession of the affected lot should take precautions and may wish to contact their retailer or Vitality Works for information about returning or disposing of the product.
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 — Dietary Supplement
- 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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