Innova Flavors Recalls Natural Butter Flavor Due to Salmonella Risk
Innova Flavors is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Natural Butter Flavor because a supplier's sweet whey powder ingredient is potentially contaminated with Salmonella.
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
Innova Flavors is voluntarily recalling multiple flavor types, including Natural Butter Flavor, due to a supplier's recall of sweet whey powder that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. The specific product affected is Natural Butter Flavor, 40 pounds, Powder in a blue poly-lined cardboard box, Ambient. The recall involves Lot 520893 and Lot 521996, with manufacturing dates of 5/31/2018 and 6/27/2018.
The recall is being conducted because the sweet whey powder used in the production of these flavors is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. This action is a precautionary measure taken in response to the supplier's recall of the contaminated ingredient.
The affected product was distributed domestically in Illinois, New York, Ohio, and Oklahoma, as well as to China. Consumers who have purchased these specific lots of Natural Butter Flavor should stop using the product and contact the manufacturer or check the FDA website for further instructions on how to return or dispose of the product.
The recalled product
- Product
- Natural Butter Flavor, 40 pounds, Powder in a blue poly-lined cardboard box, Ambient
- Manufacturer
- Innova Flavours
- Category
- Food — Food Flavoring
- Hazard
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 (3)
- Natural Butter Flavor 118095700 Lot 520893 and Lot 521996
- manufactured dates: Natural Butter Flavor 5/31/2018 to 5/31/2018
- and 6/27/18 to 6/27/2018
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 4 recalled by Innova Flavours 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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