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NOW Health Group Inc. Recall: Product may contain Metronidazole
🇺🇸 United States
TerminatedClass III
Company
NOW Health Group Inc.
Product
NOW Bee Pollen 500mg 100 VCAPS UPC 733739025203
Recall date
October 1, 2021
Terminated
August 12, 2024
Source
FDA
Reason for recall
Product may contain Metronidazole
- Recall initiated
- Reported by source
- Recall terminated
Recalled products
Product description
UPC
Quantity
Lot / code information
NOW Bee Pollen 500mg 100 VCAPS UPC 733739025203
733739025203
33,056 units
Lots: 3209226 3184250
Distribution
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
Official source record
Agency
FDA
Dataset
FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
Recall number
F-0157-2022
Event ID
88769
Status
Terminated
Classification
Class III
Company
NOW Health Group Inc.
Product description
NOW Bee Pollen 500mg 100 VCAPS UPC 733739025203
Quantity
33,056 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 733739025203; Lots: 3209226 3184250
Voluntary or mandated
Voluntary: Firm initiated
Initial notification method
FAX
Source last updated
Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
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Other products recalled under this same event
This recall shares FDA event ID 88769 with 2 other product
entries in Public Health Trace.
FDA Recall🇺🇸 United StatesTerminatedTerminated: August 12, 2024Historical recordClass III
NOW Health Group Inc.
Product
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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.
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