Odwalla Chocolate Protein Shake, 15.2 fl. oz, and 32 fl. oz bottles, Distributed by…
Coca-Cola Company (The) recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 24 December 2014 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. There is the potential that some of the bottles could exhibit spoilage before end of shelf life.
The record
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- Product
- Odwalla Chocolate Protein Shake, 15.2 fl. oz, and 32 fl. oz bottles, Distributed by: Odwalla, Inc., Dinuba, CA 93618.
- Reason for recall
- There is the potential that some of the bottles could exhibit spoilage before end of shelf life.
- Recalling firm
- Coca-Cola Company (The)
- Firm location
- Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-0711-2015
- Quantity
- 30,390 units (32oz) and 158,880 units (15.2oz) total
- Distribution
- U.S. Nationwide
- Initiated
- 23 October 2014
- Reported by FDA
- 24 December 2014
- Terminated
- 13 January 2015
- Firm notified by
- Visit
- Product codes
- UPC: 014054 13505 2, Production Date: 09/19/14 and 09/20/14, Best By Date: DEC 18 14 and DEC 19 14 (15.2oz) and UPC: 0 14054 13504 5, Production Date: 09/13/214 and 09/14/14, Best By Date: DEC 12 14 and DEC 13 14 (32.0 oz)
Reading this record
Five things about this record are not in the record itself, and each one changes how it should be read.
- Class II means the FDA judged a remote probability of serious harm, or a probability of temporary or medically reversible harm. 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 is one of 2 records covering the same recall event. The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so a recall of a product line appears here many times. Counting these records as 2 separate recalls, which almost every published figure does, overstates it by a factor of 2. All 2 of them are listed on this page.
- The recall ran for 3 months, from 23 October 2014 to termination on 13 January 2015. 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 2 months after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of a snack or confectionery product run a median of 7 months, so this one was shorter than usual for its category. Snacks and confectionery recall for allergens more than for anything else, because a chocolate or a coated snack passes through shared equipment carrying milk, soy and nuts, and the label is the only control between them and the consumer.
What this recall was for
Spoilage and mould
A spoilage recall means the food degraded before its date: mould growth, unintended fermentation, swelling or rancidity, usually traced to a seal, a formulation or a storage temperature.
A preventive controls plan covers spoilage under the clauses below. This is where the control belongs, not a finding against any firm named on this page: a recall record states a reason, and most of these recalls were initiated by the firm itself.
- 21 CFR 117.93
- Warehousing and distribution: storage and transport under conditions that protect food against contamination and against deterioration of the food and its container.
- 21 CFR 117.80(b)(3)
- Time and temperature: holding food at temperatures that do not allow microorganisms to grow, and for no longer than the process allows.
Filed under snacks and confectionery. A product can sit in more than one.
Every product in this recall
The FDA opened 2 enforcement records for this one recall, one per product code. This page carries all of them; the 1 below each have their own page with that product’s lot codes and distribution, and search engines are pointed here for the recall as a whole.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-24 | Odwalla Vanilla Almondo Protein, 15.2 fl. oz bottles, Distributed by: Odwalla, Inc., Dinuba, CA 93618. | Coca-Cola Company (The) | There is the potential that some of the bottles could exhibit spoilage before end of shelf life. | Class II |
Other snacks and confectionery recalls for the same reason
These are the closest records in the corpus: the same kind of food, recalled for a hazard this record also names. Unlike the firm’s own records below, they come from different companies, which is what makes them a pattern rather than a history.
Other records from Coca-Cola Company (The)
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event. 13 other records name this firm.
All 14 records for Coca-Cola Company (The)
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21 CFR 117.93 is the clause behind this recall, and it is one somebody has to produce evidence for at their next audit. Krolda maps supplier documents to the clause they satisfy in FSSC 22000, IFS Food and 21 CFR 117, and routes the corrective action when the evidence is missing.
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