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Northwest Mothers Milk Bank — Pasteurized Donor Human Milk, Frozen then thawed. Product is packaged in 4 oz. glass bottle with metal lid and plastic seal. A bar code is present on each label but there is NO UPC codes.
Check the lot codes below against what you have, and do not eat it if it matches.
What’s wrong
Report by recipient hospital found a foreign particle in a single bottle of mother's milk once thawed and opened. Finder reported the particle was a fruit fly or sugar ant.
The Recall Registry rates this serious — FDA Class II: temporary or medically reversible health harm.
What to do
This recall has been completed by the FDA. Check the lot codes below against anything you still have at home.
Who to contact: Recalling firm: Northwest Mothers Milk Bank
The product
Pasteurized Donor Human Milk, Frozen then thawed. Product is packaged in 4 oz. glass bottle with metal lid and plastic seal. A bar code is present on each label but there is NO UPC codes.
Details
- Units affected
- 51 bottles (4 oz. each)
- Recall date
- November 10, 2015
- Brand
- Northwest Mothers Milk Bank
Distributed in Oregon
The official notice
This recall was issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The Recall Registry summarises it — always confirm the details at the source.
Their exact wording: “Northwest Mothers Milk Bank — Pasteurized Donor Human Milk, Frozen then thawed. Product is packaged in 4 oz. glass bottle with metal lid and plastic seal. A bar code is present on each label but there is NO UPC codes.”
Worried about the other things in your house? You can write down what you have and be told if one is recalled — or, if you sell second-hand, check your whole stock at once.
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