Navitas Naturals Omega Blend Sprouted Smoothie Mix Recalled for Salmonella
Navitas Naturals is recalling Omega Blend Sprouted Smoothie Mix because chia products were linked to a multistate Salmonella Newport outbreak.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
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 5/5 (Critical).
Highest-severity recall. The hazard can cause serious injury or death. Stop using the product now and follow the agency's instructions.
Our severity reasoning: The agency classification is FDA Class I, and the source text explicitly mentions a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Newport involving patients, which meets the criteria for a Critical severity score.
Plain-English summary
Navitas, LLC., dba Navitas Naturals, is recalling Navitas Naturals Omega Blend Sprouted Smoothie Mix, 8 oz. (227g) packages. The recall also includes the product packaged for Williams Sonoma as Omega Smoothie Mixer. The recall involves 25,663 8-oz bags with best buy dates up to and including 11/05/2015 for the Navitas brand and up to and including OC 2015 for the Williams Sonoma brand.
The recall is being conducted because data obtained from interviews of patients in a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Newport showed chia products as the common food consumed. The product was distributed nationwide and to Bahrain, Costa Rica, Estonia, Goias, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand, Bermuda, China, Jamaica, Lebanon, Netherlands, Slovenia, and Singapore.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it and return it to the place of purchase for a refund or contact the company for further instructions.
The recalled product
- Product
- Navitas Naturals Omega Blend Sprouted Smoothie Mix, 8 oz. (227g) package; Dietary Fiber, Raw, Sprouted. UPC 858847000314; Also packaged for Williams Sonoma Omega Smoothie Mixer; SKU 506436 Navitas Naturals, Novato, CA
- Manufacturer
- Navitas, LLC., dba Navitas Naturals
- Category
- Food — Smoothie Mix
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 3 recalled by Navitas, LLC., dba Navitas Naturals 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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