NOW Health Group Inc. Recall: Product may contain Metronidazole

🇺🇸 United States

1. October 1, 2021 - Recall initiated
2. November 17, 2021 - Reported by source
3. August 12, 2024 - Recall terminated

Official source record

Agency

FDA

Dataset

FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)

Recall number

F-0155-2022

Event ID

88769

Status

Terminated

Classification

Class III

Company

NOW Health Group Inc.

Product description

NOW Royal Jelly 1500mg 60 VCAPS UPC 733739025654 NOW Royal Jelly 1500mg 60 VCAPS (Distributed by Sofico) UPC 733739150523 Lifesource Vitamins 1500mg 60 Veg Caps UPC 610265580430

Quantity

88,890 units

Reason

Product may contain Metronidazole

Recall initiation date

October 1, 2021

Report date

November 17, 2021

Classification date

Not published in this source record

Termination date

August 12, 2024

Distribution pattern

Total number of domestic consignees = 1576 (including 2 private label customers). Domestic online and retail to AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, 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, WY. Total number of foreign consignees = 21 (including 1 private label customer). International distribution to retail locations in Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada, England, Germany, Holland, Kazakhstan, Ne

UPC, lot, and code information

UPC 733739025654; Lots: 3203587 3172171 3184045 3214752 (Lifesource) 3184027 (Sofico)

Voluntary or mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Initial notification method

FAX

Source last updated

Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below

Public Health Trace retrieval date

July 18, 2026 ET

Other products recalled under this same event

This recall shares FDA event ID 88769 with 2 other product entries in Public Health Trace.

Responsible company: NOW Health Group Inc.

Other recalls from NOW Health Group Inc.

A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.

Distributed No data published

Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.

Distribution map

State	Distributed
Alaska	1
Alabama	1
Arkansas	1
Arizona	1
California	1
Colorado	1
Connecticut	1
Delaware	1
Florida	1
Georgia	1
Iowa	1
Idaho	1
Illinois	1
Indiana	1
Kansas	1
Kentucky	1
Louisiana	1
Massachusetts	1
Maryland	1
Maine	1
Michigan	1
Minnesota	1
Missouri	1
Mississippi	1
Montana	1
North Carolina	1
North Dakota	1
Nebraska	1
New Hampshire	1
New Jersey	1
New Mexico	1
Nevada	1
New York	1
Ohio	1
Oklahoma	1
Oregon	1
Pennsylvania	1
South Carolina	1
South Dakota	1
Tennessee	1
Texas	1
Utah	1
Virginia	1
Vermont	1
Washington	1
Wisconsin	1
Wyoming	1

States shown are extracted from the source's free-text distribution description above; a narrative description (e.g. "distributed nationwide") may not list individual states to extract.

Where this information comes from

View FDA enforcement record -- the specific openFDA record this summary was built from.

No separate FDA public notice was found for this enforcement record. The information below comes from FDA's Recall Enterprise System through openFDA.

FDA Enforcement Reports -- FDA's general, official recall and enforcement information.

Technical source data

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Retrieved by Public Health Trace: July 18, 2026 ET

Frequently asked questions

What does a Class III mean?

A situation in which use of or exposure to a product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

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