Diet green tea bottles recalled after being filled with sugared citrus tea
PepsiCo is recalling 2,854 cases of Lipton tea because bottles labeled Diet Green Tea Mixed Berry with 0g sugar contain Green Tea Citrus with 25g sugar.
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: Scored 3 under the risk-of-harm criterion: the bottle label states 0g sugar while the contents contain sugar, so people avoiding sugar cannot detect the substitution, and no illness has been reported.
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
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)
- Individual bottles and 12 pack outer wrap: DEC 01 25. HHMM DW 08035
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