Qunol, Extra Strength Turmeric Capsule, 1000mg ,HDPE bottle with cap, BIO7771 120 count…
QUTEN RESEARCH INSTITIUTE LLC recalled this product and the FDA reported the enforcement action on 4 February 2026 as Class II. The recall was initiated by the firm. Mold contamination detected for raw material lots that were produced in July and used in finished goods.
The record
Every field below is published by the FDA in the openFDA food enforcement database. Check the FDA notice before acting on any recall: this page is a reading of the public record, not a substitute for it.
- Product
- Qunol, Extra Strength Turmeric Capsule, 1000mg ,HDPE bottle with cap, BIO7771 120 count bottle, BIO7772 120 count bottle ,BIO8281 60 count bottle .
- Reason for recall
- Mold contamination detected for raw material lots that were produced in July and used in finished goods.
- Recalling firm
- QUTEN RESEARCH INSTITIUTE LLC
- Firm location
- Pine Brook, New Jersey, United States
- Classification
- Class II
- Status
- Ongoing
- Recall number
- H-0418-2026
- Quantity
- Turmeric 1000mg Capsule 60ct Veg., 3276, Turmeric 1000mg Capsule, 120ct Veg. BJ ,10304, Turmeric 1000mg Capsule 120ct Veg. 29160
- Distribution
- The product was distributed to the following states: TX, FL, CA, NC, MI, MN, VA, NJ, MA, OH, IL,AL, CT, TN, NY, MO, PA, RI, SC, OK, GA, MN, WI, NV, IN, IA, CO, LA, NC, OR, KY, DE,
- Initiated
- 16 December 2025
- Reported by FDA
- 4 February 2026
- Firm notified by
- Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit
- Product codes
- Part Number Lot 12811C120 BIO7771 12811C120BJ BIO7772 12811C60 BIO8281
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.
- This recall has no termination date on the record, so as published it had not been terminated under 21 CFR 7.55.
- The distribution pattern names 29 states, and the FDA published the enforcement report 7 weeks after the firm began the recall.
- Dietary supplements are regulated under their own good manufacturing practice rule, 21 CFR part 111, and they are the only food category where the dominant recall reason is an ingredient that was never declared because it is a pharmaceutical.
Named in the distribution pattern: Florida, California, North Carolina, Michigan, Minnesota, Virginia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois, Alabama, Connecticut, Tennessee, New York, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Georgia, Wisconsin, Nevada, Indiana, Iowa, Colorado, Louisiana, Oregon, Kentucky, Delaware. 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
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 dietary supplements and spices and seasonings. A product can sit in more than one.
Other dietary supplements 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.
All 2026 recalls · All FDA food recall data
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.
Early accessRecall records come from the openFDA food enforcement API, published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in the public domain. Krolda adds the hazard classification and the clause mapping; neither is an FDA determination. Always check the FDA notice before acting on a recall.