Recalls / Class III
Class IIIF-1905-2013
Product
Benefiber, Fiber Supplement, 72ct and 114 caplet bottles. Novartis Consumer Health, Inc, Parsippany, NJ.
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Lot Number and Expiration date 72 ct bottle: 10100086, 9/30/2013 114 ct bottle: 10093114, 6/30/2013; 10095522, 7/31/2013; 10095531, 7/31/2013; 10097337, 8/31/2013; 10099444, 9/30/2013; 10099445, 9/30/2013; 10101260, 10/31/2013; 10102755, 11/30/2013; 10104634, 12/31/2013; 10104635, 1/31/2014; 10108857, 1/31/2014; 10112134, 2/28/2014; 10112135, 4/30/2014; 10113255, 5/31/2014; 10116304, 5/31/2014; 10118831, 6/30/2014; 10119626, 6/30/2014; 10120461, 7/31/2014; 10120462, 7/31/2014; 10124311, 9/30/2014; 10128842, 10/31/2014.
- Quantity
- 504,456 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-1905-2013. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.