Lake Michigan Distilling Co LLC Recall: Lake Michigan Distilling, LLC, dba Ethanol Extraction has initiated a voluntary recall of Ethanol Extraction s 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol due to contamination with methanol which could cause serious injury or death if consumed.
United States
TerminatedClass I
- Company
- Lake Michigan Distilling Co LLC
- Product
- Ethanol Extraction 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol, M…
- Recall date
- May 22, 2018
- Terminated
- May 20, 2019
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Lake Michigan Distilling, LLC, dba Ethanol Extraction has initiated a voluntary recall of Ethanol Extraction s 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol due to contamination with methanol which could cause serious injury or death if consumed.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethanol Extraction 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol, Multiple sizes: 8 oz, 16 oz, 32 oz, 64 oz, 1 gal, 2.5 gals, 5 gals, 55 gallon drum, 8oz clear PVC cylinder bottles, all others heavy-duty polyethylene bottles (except single 55-gallon plastic drum). | Not published in this source record | Approximately 900 Gallons was distilled and sold | All product produced and sold between 10/5/2016 and 04/30/2018 |
Distribution
- Domestic: AK
- AL
- AR
- AZ
- CA
- CO
- CT
- DC
- DE
- FL
- GA
- HI
- IA
- ID
- IL
- IN
- KS
- KY
- LA
- MA
- MD
- ME
- MI¿
- MN
- MO
- MT
- NC
- ND
- NE
- NH
- NJ
- NM
- NV
- NY
- OH
- OK
- OR
- PA
- PR
- RI
- SC
- TN
- TX
- UT
- VA
- VI
- VT
- WA
- WI
- WV
- WY Foreign: VI
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-1536-2018
- Event ID
- 80161
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class I
- Company
- Lake Michigan Distilling Co LLC
- Product description
- Ethanol Extraction 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol, Multiple sizes: 8 oz, 16 oz, 32 oz, 64 oz, 1 gal, 2.5 gals, 5 gals, 55 gallon drum, 8oz clear PVC cylinder bottles, all others heavy-duty polyethylene bottles (except single 55-gallon plastic drum).
- Quantity
- Approximately 900 Gallons was distilled and sold
- Reason
- Lake Michigan Distilling, LLC, dba Ethanol Extraction has initiated a voluntary recall of Ethanol Extraction s 190 Proof Non-Denatured Grain Alcohol due to contamination with methanol which could cause serious injury or death if consumed.
- Recall initiation date
- May 22, 2018
- Report date
- June 13, 2018
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- May 20, 2019
- Distribution pattern
- Domestic: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI¿, MN, MO, MT, NC ,ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VI, VT, WA, WI , WV, WY Foreign: VI
- UPC, lot, and code information
- All product produced and sold between 10/5/2016 and 04/30/2018
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial notification method
- Press Release
- Source last updated
- Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
- Public Health Trace retrieval date
Responsible company: Lake Michigan Distilling Co LLC
A map highlighting the states named in the source's distribution description.
Shading reflects state-level totals only, as published by the source. It does not imply county-level or point-level precision.
| State | Distributed |
|---|---|
| Alaska | 1 |
| Alabama | 1 |
| Arkansas | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 |
| California | 1 |
| Colorado | 1 |
| Connecticut | 1 |
| District of Columbia | 1 |
| Delaware | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 |
| Hawaii | 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 |
| 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 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 |
| Rhode Island | 1 |
| South Carolina | 1 |
| Tennessee | 1 |
| Texas | 1 |
| Utah | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 1 |
| Vermont | 1 |
| Washington | 1 |
| Wisconsin | 1 |
| West Virginia | 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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