Recalls / Class III
Class IIIF-1904-2013
Product
Benefiber, Fiber Supplement, Orange Creme Chewables, Sugar Free, 36ct and 100ct chewable tablet bottles. Novartis Consumer Health, Inc, Parsippany, NJ.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot Number and Expiration date (36ct bottle): 10117915, 5/31/2014; 10118335, 7/31/2014; 10120615, 9/30/2014; 10110703A 3/31/2014. (100ct bottle): 10110706, 2/28/2014; 10112140, 2/28/2014; 10113261, 5/31/2014; 10116530, 5/31/2014; 10120059, 7/31/2014; 10120616, 8/31/2014; 10125996, 9/30/2014 and 10109551, 3/31/2015.
- Quantity
- 165,480 units
Why it was recalled
The lot number and/or expiration date may be illegible on the outer plastic bottle packaging.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- Novartis Consumer Health
- Notification channel
- Letter
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 10401 Hwy 6, N/A, Lincoln, Nebraska 68517-9626
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- Distribution was made nationwide.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2013-08-06
- FDA classified
- 2013-09-19
- Posted by FDA
- 2013-09-25
- Terminated
- 2014-11-04
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-1904-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.