Xylanase Enzyme Blends, bulk, custom blended formulations identified as xylanase 1000, xylanase 150,000 XU,…
Food recall F-0178-2014. 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?
Xylanase Enzyme Blends, bulk, custom blended formulations identified as xylanase 1000, xylanase 150,000 XU, synerzyme-ae, brizyme, Cellulase Special Blend OMRI, xylanase amylase blend, Bio-Cat Ruminant Enzyme, Feed Blend ws alkacel 20x, BC-XR, enzyme blend #2237, CHX blend, EB-7 multi-enzyme blend EB110311-01, EB020812-01, xylanase 70,000, nut 14-500, ultra blend 102 xylanase 10,000, bb cd blend #3, soy blend, amiron blend, Formula #121412b, erc530b, pn digestive blend, digest basic, blend 0313, xylanase 20,000, EC-CHPX, Xylanase 50,000 XU, Xylanase 50m XU, Xylanase 25,000, Xylanase 190,000 XU, af-5x, silage blend, xylanase concentrate, Enzyme Blend 1, and Enzyme Blend 2, packed in boxes or drums ranging from 1 kg to 25 kg, item # XYXP, 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: xy150-vw08 synae-vw18 synae-vw19 synae-vw20 xy150-tw14 bri-xw16 xy150-tw22 xy150-yw05 csbomri-xw20 xab-vw21 xab-aw07 bcr-yw14 bcr-aw05 fbws-uw04 fbws-aw02 alc20-ww05 xy150-xw30 bcxr-tw04 bcxr-ww12-a (375)/bcxr-ww12-b (125) bcxr-yw27…
Every code shown here, 1,007 characters
Lots: xy150-vw08 synae-vw18 synae-vw19 synae-vw20 xy150-tw14 bri-xw16 xy150-tw22 xy150-yw05 csbomri-xw20 xab-vw21 xab-aw07 bcr-yw14 bcr-aw05 fbws-uw04 fbws-aw02 alc20-ww05 xy150-xw30 bcxr-tw04 bcxr-ww12-a (375)/bcxr-ww12-b (125) bcxr-yw27 bcxr-aw15 eb2237-vw14 chxb-uw27 xy150-zw17 xy150-tw15 xy150-uw21 xy150-xw02 xyc-yw06 xy150-uw26 ali13008-01 ali13008-02 ali13008-13 ali13036-01 ali13053-05 ali13071-01 ali13071-02 ali13140-02 ali13140-03 ali13200-08 ali13200-09 ali13212-04 ali13157-11 ali13206-05 ali13206-06 bbcdb-vw25 bbcdb-xw02 soyb-tw21 soyb-zw02 xy150-tw16 xy150-vw14 xy150-ww08 amib-uw06 amib-uw13 f121412b-vw13 erc530b-xw22 xy150-aw13 xy150-aw20 pndb-xw28 xy150-tw23 db-bw12 b0313-vw22 xy10-uw15 xy20-ww02 xy10-xw20 ecchpx-zw18 xy50-tw09 xy150-tw09 xy50-tw09 xy150-tw16 xy150-vw22 xy150-ww05 xy50-ww09 xy150-ww22 xy150-xw23 xy150-yw24 xy150-zw02 xy50-zw11 xy150-zw19 xy150-aw07 xy50-aw23 xy25-xw22 xy200-vw22 xy150-uw20 af5x-uw04 sb-xw09 xy150-uw08 xy01-vw11 xyc-ww24 xyc-ww18 eb1-yw03 eb2-yw03
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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