FDA recall,
365 Whole Foods Market Ashwagandha Capsules
Ashwagandha capsules may be contaminated with Salmonella, which can cause serious infections.
Summary by Recall Canary from the FDA notice
What happened
Vitality Works, Inc. of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is recalling 365 Whole Foods Market Standardized + Full Spectrum Blend Ashwagandha Capsules 120 count because the product has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.
Healthy persons infected with Salmonella may experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella can result in the organisms entering the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections, endocarditis, and arthritis. No illnesses have been reported to date.
The potential contamination was identified through routine sampling of a single retail unit. The recalled product was distributed nationwide. The product is packaged in white plastic bottles labeled as 365 Whole Foods Market Standardized + Full Spectrum Blend Ashwagandha 120 count. The product can be identified by lot number and expiration date printed on the bottom of the bottle.
Customers who have the recalled product should not consume it. Refunds are available at any Whole Foods Market store.
What to do
If a code on your package is listed below:
- Do not consume it.
- Consumers with questions may contact Vitality Works Inc. at (505) 268-9950.
- Discard the recalled product and do not return it to the store.
- Refunds are available at any Whole Foods Market store.
Is yours affected?
Match the list below, then check the codes the FDA notice also names.
A UPC is the number printed under a barcode.
365 Whole Foods Market Standardized + Full Spectrum Blend Ashwagandha Capsules
- UPC
- 099482520991
- Lot code
- 2025-26227
- Expiration date
- 10/13/2028
From the FDA notice
Product Item Number: 3006661.
Recall details
- Company announced
- Recall began
- Status
- Open
- Weekly archive
- Listed the week of Oct 26, 2026
- Sold in
Recalled product was distributed nationwide.
- Recalled by
- Vitality Works, IncAlbuquerque, New Mexico
- Hazard
- Salmonella
- Risk
Not yet rated by FDA
- FDA event number
- 100248
- Quantity recalled
- 10,176 bottles
- Recall type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- How the company first told customers
All recalls from Vitality Works, Inc
Timeline
FDA's Enforcement Report is its public list of recalls; FDA posts a recall by adding it there.
Vitality Works began the recall
Vitality Works announced the recall · Added to Recall Canary
FDA posted the recall to its Enforcement Report
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