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Food product

Protandim is packaged in a 90cc cylindrical blue bottle with a silver cap and contains thirty caplets per bottle. Label has a blue background with multi-colored print and pictorial stating in part: Lifevantage PROTANDIM *the Nrf2 Synergizer Dietary Supplement I 30 Caplets&.

F-0876-2013

December 05, 2012

Class II

Product summary

Firm
Lifevantage Corp
Event
Event 63826
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
247,896 bottles
Official record key
food-enforcement:F-0876-2013

Official wording

Reason: Possible inclusion of small metal fragments embedded within the tablets of Protandim Dietary Supplement.

Code information: Lot # / Expiration Date: 12-0258 / 7/2/2015;12-0259 / 7/3/2015; 12-0292 / 7/9/2015; 12-0294 / 7/11/2015; 12-0295 / 7/12/2015; 12-0304 / 7/18/2015; 12-0306 / 8/16/2015; 12-0307 / 8/17/2015; 12-0373 / 8/21/2015; 12-0382 / 9/21/2015.

Distribution pattern: Sale of products through a network of independent distributors, preferred customers and end consumers in the United States, Japan, Australia and Mexico. Sales also directly to end consumers for personal consumption in Canada. Independent distributors consume the product themselves and in some cases sell the product or provide the product gratis to those potentially interested in LifeVantage. Preferred customers purchase the products on a monthly, auto-ship basis directly from Life Vantage. Other end consumers purchase directly from LifeVantage via the website and are assigned to a distributor.

Derived failure modes

  • Foreign material or chemical contamination

    reason.foreign_material_chemical_contamination · v1.0.0

    metal fragments