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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. NOW Foods · reported 2014-02-26
Terminated This recall has been closed out by the agency.
- Reason for recall
- Digestive enzyme capsules manufactured by NOW Foods may contain the antibiotic chloramphenicol.
- Classification
- Class II
- Recall initiated
- 2013-11-07
- Reported by the agency
- 2014-02-26
- Closed out (terminated)
- 2016-05-16
- Recalling firm
- NOW Foods
Bloomingdale, IL
United StatesThis is the firm that issued the recall — commonly a distributor or processor. It is not the origin of contamination.
- Distribution (the agency's own words)
- 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
- States we parsed from that text
- AK AL AR AZ CA CO CT DC 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
The agency named these states. Parse method explicit_state_list, confidence high.
- Food category
- Dietary supplementsderived
Assigned by a reviewed keyword rulebook over the product description, not by the agency.
- Recall type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Recall number
- F-1537-2014
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