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Food product

Digestive enzyme capsules sold under the NOW Foods, Beeyoutiful, Best in Nature, Bluegrass Naturals Vitamin Company, Chicago Nutrition Company, Gluten-Free Remedies, Osa's Garden, and Professional Naturopathics brands and packaged in a plastic bottle containing 60 or 120 capsules.

F-1537-2014

November 07, 2013

Class II

Product summary

Firm
NOW Foods
Event
Event 66762
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class II
Quantity
31,344 bottles
Official record key
food-enforcement:F-1537-2014

Official wording

Reason: Digestive enzyme capsules manufactured by NOW Foods may contain the antibiotic chloramphenicol.

Code information: *** 1) Product Code 2965; Lot Numbers: 1660276, 1653504, 1634330, 1618025, 1606053, 1587905, 1539085, 1518136, 1497964, 1476818. *** 2) Product Code 2968; Lot Numbers: 1645219, 1630289, 1616607, 1607295, 1593903, 1549088, 1536759, 1528258, 1516482, 1511273, 1483789, 1470001, 1458643. *** 3) Product Code 102965; Lot Numbers: 1649254, 1643889, 1632228, 1630192, 1622153, 1618074, 1606601, 1599557, 1599554, 1571142. 1564422, 1554121, 1554086, 1548791, 1538088, 1538078, 1522374, 1520852, 1510332, 1498999, 1492855, 1479602, 1475604, 1459330. *** 4) Product Code: 102968; Lot Numbers 1620846, 1534791. *** 5) Product Code 3C212965; Lot Number: 1602054

Distribution pattern: US: Nationwide (AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY) + District of Columbia; FOREIGN: Bulgaria, China, Germany, Greece, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, United Kingdom

Derived failure modes

  • Unknown

    reason.no_named_rule · v1.0.0

    Digestive enzyme capsules manufactured by NOW Foods may contain the antibiotic chloramphenicol.