Contamination
Ozona Organics Issues Voluntary Recall of Select Liquid Probiotic Products Due to Possible Health Risk
At a glance
- Brand
- Ozona, Go Healthy
- Product
- Liquid Probiotics for adults and toddlers; Probiotics for cats, dogs, swine, and equine
- Reason
- Potential Foodborne Illness
- Recalled by
- Ozona Organics, LLC
- Announced
- 1 August 2023
What the company said
Ozona Organics, LLC of Ozona, Texas, is recalling its 4-ounce and 16-ounce bottles of Ozona Probiotics for Digestive Health (intended for human use), also labeled as GoHealthy Probiotics for Infants, Toddlers and Kids in 2-ounce bottles and GoHealthy Probiotics for Infants, Kids, Men and Women in 4-ounce bottles because they have the potential to become contaminated with microbial growth.
Ozona Organics is voluntarily recalling these products because of high water activity in the formula that provides a potential for microbial growth, which may be harmful. Although, no illnesses have been reported to date in connection with this problem.
The lots of Ozona Probiotics for Digestive Health were distributed through the company’s website, www.ozonaorganics.com and www.amazon.com.
The lots of GoHealthy Probiotics listed above were distributed through the company’s website www.gohealthy.us, www.amazon.com, and Walmart stores.
The Ozona Probiotics for Digestive Health products come in 4-ounce, blue glass bottles and 16-ounce, blue plastic bottles. The GoHealthy Probiotics for Infants, Toddlers and Kids come in 2-ounce, blue glass bottles. The GoHealthy Probiotics for Infants, Kids, Men and Women come in 4-ounce, blue glass bottles.
The lot numbers, manufacturing and expiration dates included are as follows and apply to both the Ozona and GoHealthy products listed above:
| Lot Number | Manufacturing Date | Expiration Date |
|---|---|---|
| 011122 | 11/1/21 | 11/1/23 |
| 011228 | 12/28/21 | 12/28/23 |
| 020810 | 8/10/22 | 8/10/24 |
| 021115 | 11/15/22 | 11/15/24 |
| 022023 | 12/15/22 | 12/15/24 |
| 030115 | 1/15/23 | 1/15/25 |
| 030301 | 3/1/23 | 3/1/25 |
Lot numbers can be found on the back panel of product labels.
Ozona Organics Dog, Cat, Equine, and Swine Probiotics (intended for animal use) are being recalled in their entirety. The distribution dates for affected product are from August 2021 through July 2023. The recalling lots were distributed through the company’s website, www.ozonaorganics.com.
Ozona Organics Probiotics for Dogs and Probiotics for Cats come in 4-ounce, blue glass bottles with droppers. Ozona Organics Probiotics for Equine and Probiotics for Swine come in 1-gallon, white plastic bottles with handles.
No other Ozona Organics or Go Healthy products or batches are affected by this recall.
Consumers who have purchased the affected products are urged not to consume the products and instead dispose of them. Consumers with questions may contact Ozona Organics, LLC at (325) 203-4026 from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm CT, Monday-Friday. The safety, quality, and integrity of our products remain our number one priority. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this action represents to both our consumers and distributors.
We are working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on this voluntary recall and will cooperate with them fully.
Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration
Who to contact
- Consumers:
- Ozona Organics, LLC
- 325-203-4026
Read the original announcement on fda.gov. Always check the original announcement for lot codes and next steps.