The following notice has been issued by the Food Standards Agency:
Garden of Life LLC is recalling certain batches of Raw Meal Organic Shake & Meal Replacement products due to possible contamination with Salmonella. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has informed us that these products have been linked to a US outbreak of Salmonella Virchow infection in the United States. Salmonella is a bacterium that can cause salmonellosis food poisoning
The FDA advises that some of the implicated batches have been supplied to businesses in the UK.
Product details
Note: 'Best before' dates on the product labels are in the US format (month/day/year)
Product: Raw Meal Organic Chocolate Powder; Organic Shake & Meal Replacement
Description: Packaged in plastic bottle with coloured label.
Pack size: 986g, 493g
'Best before' date appears as: 09/01/2017
Batch codes: 4719800; 47225900; 47249200
'Best before' date appears as: 10/01/2017
Batch codes: 47226000
'Best before' date appears as: 09/30/2017
Batch codes: 47226200
'Best before' date appears as: 10/31/2017
Batch codes: 47226100; 47226201; 47247800
Product: Raw Meal Organic Original Powder; Organic Shake & Meal Replacement;
Description: Packaged in plastic bottle with coloured label.
Pack size: 908g, 454g, and 10-ct tray (65g each).
'Best before' date: 09/01/2017
Batch codes: 47214600; 47214800
'Best before' date: 09/30/2017
Batch codes: 47236000; 47248901; 47225800
'Best before' date: 10/31/2017
Batch codes: 47246500
Product: Raw Meal Organic Vanilla Powder; Organic Shake & Meal Replacement
Description: Packaged in plastic bottle with coloured label.
Pack size: 949g, 475g, and 10-ct tray (68g each).
'Best before' date appears as: 09/01/2017
Batch codes: 47216100; 47225500
'Best before' date appears as: 09/30/2017,
Batch codes: 47198601; 47225600; 47253900; 47226400; 47257401; 4728000
'Best before' date appears as: 10/31/2017
Batch codes: 47216200; 47225601
Product: Raw Meal Organic Vanilla Spiced Chai Powder; Organic Shake & Meal Replacement
Description: Packaged in plastic bottle with coloured label.
Quantity: 909 g, 455 g, and 10-ct tray (65 g each).
'Best before' date appears as: 09/01/2017
Batch codes: 47215500; 47215501
'Best before' date appears as: 09/30/2017
Batch codes: 47206000; 47183201
'Best before' date appears as: 10/31/2017
Batch codes: 47226300; 47247600
No other Garden of Life LLC products are known to be affected.
Advice to consumers
If you have bought any of the above products, do not eat it. Instead, return it to the store where you have bought it from.
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