FDA recall F-1835-2018

Product

BLUE GREEN ALGAE: Packaged under the following brands: AMERICAN HEALTH KALMATH SHORES BLUE GREEN ALGAE, 120 CAPSULES, UPC: 0 76630 02542 3 and Puritan's Pride PREMIUM Kalamath Lake Blue Green Algae, 500 MG, 120 RAPID RELEASE CAPSULES, UPC 0 74312 12542 3

Reason for recall

High level of microcystin observed in the product.

Distribution

Nationwide and Foreign: AUSTRALIA AUSTRIA BELGIUM CANADA CANADA CHILE CHINA COLOMBIA CROATIA DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ECUADOR ENGLAND FINLAND FRENCH POLYNESIA TAHITI GUATEMALA HONG KONG HUNGARY ICELAND ISRAEL ITALY JAMAICA JAPAN KAZAKHSTAN MACEDONIA MALAYSIA MEXICO MOLDOVA NETHERLANDS NEW ZEALAND PARAGUAY POLAND ROMANIA SCOTLAND SOUTH AFRICA SOUTH KOREA(ROK) SPAIN SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND TAIWAN U.S.A. UGANDA VANUATU

Key facts

Status

Terminated

Initiation date

2018-08-07

Report date

2018-08-29

Termination date

2019-03-20

Voluntary/Mandated

Voluntary: Firm initiated

Location

Ronkonkoma, NY, United States

Primary source

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ires/index.cfm?Product=F-1835-2018