Pectinase Enzyme Blends, bulk, custom blended formulations identified as pectinase 500, pectinase 1000,…
Food recall F-0177-2014. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 27, 2013.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Nov 27, 2013. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Nationwide FDA’s word for where it went
- 3276 kg total for all products how much, in FDA’s words
Every line below is in FDA’s own words, with its source beside it. FDA’s terms are explained in FDA’s own words.
How serious is it, by FDA’s class?
Class II, the middle of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that might cause a temporary health problem, or pose only a slight threat of a serious nature. Example: a drug that is under-strength but that is not used to treat life-threatening situations.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class II is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(2), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
Raw material enzymes intended for further manufacturing of foods and dietary spplements may be contaminated with chloramphenicol.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Pectinase Enzyme Blends, bulk, custom blended formulations identified as pectinase 500, pectinase 1000, Pectinase 350 Endo-pg/gm, PC Blend 14, Nut 14-500, pectinase 3500, gastro blend 0111, Digestive Blend 021894, enzyme complex 5763, pectinase 1750, pectinase 350, EC-CHPX, enzyme blend for cyto grn, pectinase 150m, and Cellulase 3, packed in boxes or drums ranging from 1 kg to 25 kg, item # PECCI, labeled in part ***Manufactured by BIO-CAT, INC.9117 Three Notch Road Troy, Virginia 22974 Telephone (800) 545-9052 Fax (434) 589-3301 E-mail: info@bio-cat.com Website: www.bio-cat.com***
3276 kg total for all products, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lots: SYNAE-VW18 SYNAE-VW19 SYNAE-VW20 BRI-XW16 E7X-TW03 E7X-UW20 E7XBY-UW21 E7X-WW26 E7XBY-XY07 E7X-YW25 E7X-ZW24 E7X-BW16 PE003-UW21 PE003-XW02 EBY2X-UW22 EBW-VW12 EBW-VW13 EBW-VW14 EBW-XW10 EBW-XW13 EBW-XW14 EBY2X-XW15 EBW-YW11 EBW-YW12…
Every code shown here, 671 characters
Lots: SYNAE-VW18 SYNAE-VW19 SYNAE-VW20 BRI-XW16 E7X-TW03 E7X-UW20 E7XBY-UW21 E7X-WW26 E7XBY-XY07 E7X-YW25 E7X-ZW24 E7X-BW16 PE003-UW21 PE003-XW02 EBY2X-UW22 EBW-VW12 EBW-VW13 EBW-VW14 EBW-XW10 EBW-XW13 EBW-XW14 EBY2X-XW15 EBW-YW11 EBW-YW12 EBW-YW13 EBW-AW19 EBW-AW20 PE350-VW01 PE350-YW19 EBW-AW21 pe05-ww30 ALI13249-03 ali13024-02 ali13036-01 ali13212-04 ali13157-09 bgb0111-vw26 db18-xw24 db18-yw04 db18-yw06 db18-aw22 DB18-ZW23 DB18-AW30 ec5763-bw06 pe035-tw23 peo35-tw14 pe1750-vw11 pe350-vw11 ECHPX-ZW18 pe350-xw22 pe350-aw13 ebcyto-yw28 ebcyto-aw09 ebcyto-bw19 pe150-vw20 pe150-bw05 cell3-ww18 cell3-xw07 cell3-aw01 cell3-AW14 pe01-uw07 pe035-yw07 EB7-XW08 EB7-AW23
Copied exactly as FDA lists them: lot and serial numbers, dates and other codes on the product or its label.
Where did it go?
FDA’s words for the “general area of initial distribution”: where the firm first shipped it.
The products were distributed to manufacturers and distributors nationwide and to Canada.
These words name no state.
What FDA means by nationwide
“The term “nationwide” is defined to mean the fifty states or a significant portion. Note that subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
openFDA, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
Is it still going on?
Terminated, in FDA’s file.
“FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts have been made to remove or correct the violative product in accordance with the recall strategy, and proper disposition has been made according to the degree of hazard.”
openFDA, on “Terminated”, its enforcement report fields.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
- The firm began the recall on Sep 26, 2013.
- FDA classified it on Nov 18, 2013.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Nov 27, 2013.
- FDA terminated it on Jun 17, 2014.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Bio-Cat Inc, of Troy, VA.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: Two or more of the following: Email, Fax, Letter, Press Release, Telephone, Visit.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
What this record can’t tell you
- Whether your own one is affected: compare the codes, dates and numbers above with yours. When unsure, ask the firm or the store.
- Where it went after the firm’s first shipments. FDA’s words cover the firm’s initial distribution, and, in FDA’s words, “subsequent distribution by the consignees to other parties may not be included.”
- How many have been returned, corrected or destroyed: FDA’s report doesn’t say.
- Whether anyone was hurt or fell ill: the report doesn’t say.
- How current it is: openFDA publishes FDA’s Enforcement Report weekly, after FDA does, and a firm can announce a recall weeks before it appears there. openFDA’s own caution: “This data should not be used as a method to collect data to issue alerts to the public, nor should it be used to track the lifecycle of a recall.”
- Meat, poultry and egg products are recalled by USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, not FDA, and its recalls aren’t here yet: see fsis.usda.gov.
- A product with no recall here isn’t safe by that: FDA’s report lists the recalls FDA classified, and when.
Hearth Record wrote these lines; the quotations are FDA’s.
Sources
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U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Food recall enforcement reports.
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