a.) Great Value 8oz Apple Juice in 6pack; PET plastic bottle b.) Great Value 96oz Apple…
Refresco Beverages US Inc recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 11 September 2024 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Products contains inorganic arsenic above action level set in guidance to industry.
The record
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- Product
- a.) Great Value 8oz Apple Juice in 6pack; PET plastic bottle b.) Great Value 96oz Apple Juice; PET plastic bottle c.) Market Basket 100% apple juice; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle d.) Nice! 100% apple juice ; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle e.) Weis 100% apple juice; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle f.) Urban Meadow 100% apple juice; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle g.) Natures Nectar 100% apple juice; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle h.) Wellsley Farms 100% apple juice; 96 oz; PET plastic bottle i.) Solevita 100% apple juice; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle j.) Clover Valley 100% apple juice; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle k.) Tropical Delight 100% apple juice; 64 oz; PET plastic bottle
- Reason for recall
- Products contains inorganic arsenic above action level set in guidance to industry.
- Recalling firm
- Refresco Beverages US Inc
- Firm location
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Terminated
- Recall number
- F-1795-2024
- Quantity
- Total Products (all brands): 141,298 cases
- Distribution
- Great Value (8oz):IN, OH, PA, ME, NY, FL, AL, GA, VA, KY, SC Great Value (96 oz): PR, IN, PA, OH, VA, ME, NY, VA Market Basket 100% apple juice: ME Nice! 100% apple juice: GA, OH, PA, WI, FL Weis 100% apple juice: PA, MD Urban Meadow 100% apple juice: PA Natures Nectar 100% apple juice: NY, WI, OH, PA, IN, FL, GA, SC Wellsley Farms 100% apple juice: FL, NJ, MA Solevita 100% apple juice: VA Clover Valley 100% apple juice: SC, GA, OH, KY, FL, IN, NY Tropical Delight: NY
- Initiated
- 26 August 2024
- Reported by FDA
- 11 September 2024
- Terminated
- 14 March 2025
- Firm notified by
- Telephone
- Product codes
- a.) Great Value 8oz - BEST If used by: DEC 2624 CT89-6; Best if used by: DEC 2724 CT89-6 b.) Great Value 96 oz: Best if used by DEC 2624 CT89-5; Best if used by DEC 2724 CT89-5; Best if used by DEC 2824 CT89-5 c.) Market Basket 100% apple juice: code 032525 CT89-1 d.) Nice! 100% apple juice code: Best By Mar 25 25 CT89-1 e.) Weis 100% apple juice code: Sell By 032525 CT89-1 f.) Urban Meadow 100% apple juice code: Best By 032625 CT89-1 g.) Natures Nectar 100% apple juice codes: Best By Mar26 2025 CT89-4 AND Best By Mar27 2025 CT89-4 h.) Wellsley Farms 100% apple juice code: Use By 032625 CT89-5 i.) Solevita 100% apple juice code: Best By 03272025 CT89-4 j.) Clover Valley 100% apple juice code: Best By 03/27/2025 CT89-4 k.) Tropical Delight 100% apple juice: Best By 25 JUL 2025
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 record is the only one the FDA opened for its recall event, so it covers a single product code.
- The recall ran for 7 months, from 26 August 2024 to termination on 14 March 2025. 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 distribution pattern names 12 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 2 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Recalls of fresh produce run a median of 7 months, so this one was about typical for its category. Fresh produce is the category where contamination arrives before the facility does: irrigation water, soil amendments and field workers are the routes, and nothing downstream of the farm is a kill step for a product eaten raw.
Named in the distribution pattern: Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maine, New York, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, New Jersey. Those pages count recalls by where the RECALLING FIRM sits, which is a different question from where this product went.
What this recall was for
Chemical contamination
A chemical contamination recall covers a substance that is harmful in food and was never meant to be there: a heavy metal, a cleaning chemical, a pesticide residue, or a natural toxin such as aflatoxin or histamine.
A preventive controls plan covers chemical contamination 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 117.35(b)
- Substances used in cleaning and sanitizing: toxic materials stored, identified and used so they cannot contaminate food, food-contact surfaces or packaging.
- 21 CFR 117 subpart G
- Supply-chain programme: the approval and verification a receiving facility runs on a supplier when the hazard is controlled before the ingredient arrives.
- 21 CFR 117.130(b)(1)(ii)
- Hazard analysis: identifying the known or reasonably foreseeable chemical hazards, including radiological hazards, pesticide and drug residues, natural toxins and food decomposition.
Filed under fresh produce and beverages and juice. A product can sit in more than one.
Other fresh produce 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 Refresco Beverages US Inc
The FDA opens one enforcement record per product code, so several of these are frequently one recall event.
| Reported | Product | Firm | Reason | Class |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-28 | Great Value; 8oz Apple Juice in 6 pack; 100% Juice; packaged in 8 oz. PET plastic bottles; UPC 0-78742-29655-5 | Refresco Beverages US Inc | Product contains inorganic arsenic above action level set in industry guidance (13.2ppb) | Class II |
| 2022-08-17 | Clear American brand "Strawberry Punch Snow Cone" flavored sparkling water beverage with other natural flavors; 1-liter clear plastic bottles. Best if Used by dates in August-October 2022. | Refresco Beverages US Inc | The product may contain trace amounts of coconut, which is not declared on the labeling. Laboratory analysis was unable to detect any coconut allergen, however the firm has decided to recall out of an abundance of caution. | Class II |
All 3 records for Refresco Beverages US Inc
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21 CFR 117.35(b) 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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