Climax Spring Water bottled in 5 gallon, 1 gallon, and 16.9 ounce plastic bottles (12…

King Bottling, Inc. recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 23 October 2019 as Class III. The recall was initiated by the firm. The bottled water contains bromate levels in excess of the 0.010 mg/L FDA standard of quality limit.

The record

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Product

Climax Spring Water bottled in 5 gallon, 1 gallon, and 16.9 ounce plastic bottles (12 bottles per case)

Reason for recall

The bottled water contains bromate levels in excess of the 0.010 mg/L FDA standard of quality limit.

Recalling firm

King Bottling, Inc.

Firm location

Orlando, Kentucky, United States

Classification

Class III

Status

Terminated

Recall number

F-0049-2020

Quantity

765- 5 gallon bottles; 354- 1 gallon bottles; 126 cases/12 bottles per case-16.9 ounce bottles

Distribution

All product was distributed within the state of Kentucky

Initiated

3 October 2019

Reported by FDA

23 October 2019

Terminated

12 February 2020

Firm notified by

Letter

Product codes

batch numbers 246-19, 249-19, 252-19, 253-19, 254-19, 255-19, 256-19, 259-19, 261-19. These are printed on the bottle of the 1 gallon and 16.9 ounce bottles and on the cap of the 5 gallon bottle

Reading this record

Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.

• Class III means the FDA judged that the product was unlikely to cause harm but violated FDA labelling or manufacturing regulation. The class is assigned by an agency health hazard evaluation under 21 CFR 7.41, not by the firm.
• The firm started this recall itself. Most FDA food recalls are voluntary, and a recall is a food safety plan working rather than failing. The circumstances in which the agency asks for one instead are set out in 21 CFR 7.45.
• This record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
• The recall ran for 4 months, from 3 October 2019 to termination on 12 February 2020. Termination means the agency judged that all reasonable effort had been made, under 21 CFR 7.55, and it says nothing about whether product remained in circulation.
• The FDA published the enforcement report 3 weeks after the firm began the recall.
• The product description on this record names no food this site can classify, so it appears on no food-type page. That is a limit of the description rather than of the recall.

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