COMPANY ANNOUNCEMENT
Talking Rain® Voluntarily Recalls Sparkling Ice® Cherry Limeade in Response to Customer Complaints
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- Food & Beverages
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Food & Beverage Safety - Reason for Announcement:
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Recall Reason DescriptionOff Taste Off Odor
- Company Name:
- Talking Rain
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Brand Name(s)Talking Rain
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Product DescriptionSparkling Ice Cherry Limeade
Company Announcement
Talking Rain® (the Company) is voluntarily recalling specific lot codes of bottles of its Sparkling Ice® Cherry Limeade beverage in response to a small number of customer complaints that reported an off-taste and off-odor of the affected product. The Company made the decision to recall the product out of an abundance of caution. No other Sparkling Ice products are affected by this recall.
The Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade product subject to recall was produced only at one of the Company’s facilities that make this product. The product comes in a 17 ounce clear plastic bottle under the name Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade. The product is sold as a single item, as well as in multipacks of the affected product and in multipacks containing a variety of other unaffected flavors. The product subject to recall can be identified by the following information that is displayed on the neck of the bottle. All other products made by the Company are not part of this voluntary recall.
Affected product labeling:
Bottle Lot Code | Expiration Date on Bottle | Expiration Date | Bottle UPC | Case/Variety Pack UPCs |
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8064-63 | 120518 | 12/5/18 | 01657195084 | 016571950866 |
8065-63 | 120618 | 12/6/18 | 016571950927 | |
8079-63 | 122018 | 12/20/18 | 016571951283 | |
8080-63 | 122118 | 12/21/18 | 016571950866 | |
8087-63 | 122818 | 12/28/18 | 016571953126 | |
8088-63 | 122918 | 12/29/18 | 016571953614 | |
8089-63 | 123018 | 12/30/18 | ||
8112-63 | 012219 | 01/22/19 | ||
8113-63 | 012319 | 01/23/19 | ||
8114-63 | 012419 | 01/24/19 | ||
8118-63 | 012819 | 01/28/19 | ||
8119-63 | 012919 | 01/29/19 | ||
8126-63 | 020619 | 02/06/19 | ||
8131-63 | 021119 | 02/11/19 | ||
8132-63 | 021219 | 02/12/19 | ||
8144-63 | 022419 | 02/24/19 | ||
8145-63 | 022519 | 02/25/19 | ||
8146-63 | 022619 | 02/26/19 | ||
8165-63 | 031419 | 03/14/19 | ||
8166-63 | 031519 | 03/15/19 | ||
8167-63 | 031619 | 03/16/19 |
Talking Rain learned of the issue after a small number of customers brought their concerns to the company’s attention. Talking Rain is currently investigating the cause of the issue in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Consumers who purchased the affected product are advised not to drink it and to call the Talking Rain customer center at 855-201-4333 to receive a coupon to replace their purchase.