School juice recalled after contamination with peracetic acid cleaning solution
Hollandia Dairy is recalling 22,700 half-pint units of 100% Appleberry Juice contaminated with the cleaning solution peracetic acid. The product went to schools in southern California.
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 record names a specific cleaning chemical as a contaminant in a ready-to-drink product, and no illnesses are reported.
Plain-English summary
Hollandia Dairy, Inc. 100% Appleberry Juice, half pint (236mL), UPC 0 27495 03679 6, is being recalled.
The reason given in the enforcement record is that the juice was contaminated with cleaning solution, peracetic acid.
The recall covers 22,700 units coded Nov 28. Distribution was to various schools in San Bernardino, Highland, Romoland, Menifee, Winchester, Hemet, Fontana and Camp Pendleton. The FDA has classified the action as Class II.
Schools and consumers holding this product should not serve or drink it and should follow the firm's instructions. Anyone who has drunk it and feels unwell should contact a healthcare provider.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hollandia Dairy, Inc. 100% Appleberry Juice; Half Pint (236mL). UPC: 0 27495 03679 6
- Manufacturer
- Hollandia Dairy, Inc.
- Category
- Food — Juice
- Affected units
- 22,700
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)
- Nov 28
Distribution
Distribution scope not specified by the agency.
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