Amrita Chocolate Maca Protein Bar Recalled for Listeria Contamination Risk
Amrita Health Foods is recalling Amrita Chocolate Maca 15g Protein Bars due to potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should check best-by dates and stop eating the product.
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 source text identifies the agency classification as Class I, which mandates a score of 5 according to the rubric. Additionally, the presence of Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen associated with serious health consequences.
Plain-English summary
Amrita Health Foods is recalling Amrita Chocolate Maca 15g Protein Bars, 60 gm, because the product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recall involves 115,000 bars distributed nationwide. The affected product has a UPC of 853009004056 and a best-by date between 04/24/2018 and 05/31/2018.
Listeria monocytogenes is a high-risk pathogen that can cause serious illness, particularly in pregnant women, older adults, and people with weakened immune systems. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has classified this recall as Class I, indicating a reasonable probability that the use of, or exposure to, the violative product may cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
Consumers who have purchased these bars should check their best-by dates and UPC codes. If the product matches the description, consumers should stop eating it and dispose of it or return it to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Amrita Chocolate Maca 15g Protein Bar, 60 gm UPC: 853009004056
- Manufacturer
- Amrita Health Foods
- Category
- Food — Protein Bars
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 115,000
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)
- Best Buy date between 04/24/2018 to 05/31/2018
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 9 recalled by Amrita Health Foods 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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