Diet green tea bottles recalled after being filled with sugared citrus tea

Plain-English summary

Lipton Green Tea Citrus in 16.9 ounce PET bottles, sold as 12-packs, is being recalled for undeclared sugar because the primary package does not reflect the product inside the bottle.

The outer case label reads "Lipton Green Tea Citrus (25g sugar)" while the individual bottle label reads "Lipton Diet Green Tea Mixed Berry (0g sugar)." A consumer reading the bottle would expect a sugar-free drink and would instead be drinking the sugared product.

The recall covers 2,854 cases, where two 12-pack units equal a case. Affected product carries the code DEC 01 25 HHMM DW 08035 on both the individual bottles and the 12-pack outer wrap, and was distributed in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Texas, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wyoming and South Dakota. The FDA has classified the recall as Class II.

Anyone who limits or avoids sugar should check the code on the bottle and not drink product matching it.

The recalled product

Product

Lipton Green Tea Citrus. 16.9 ounce PET Bottle. sold as 12pk. Outer case label reads as , "*** Lipton Green Tea Citrus (25g sugar)***" Individual bottle label reads as "*** Lipton Diet Green Tea Mixed Berry (0g sugar)***). Shelf stable.

Manufacturer

Pepsico Inc

Category

Food — Beverage

Hazard

• undeclared-sugar
• mislabeling
• wrong-product
• packaging-error

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Distribution

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