Zinc Oxide Powder (API) used in the manufacturing of dietary supplements .
Food recall F-1402-2016. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 1, 2016.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Jun 1, 2016. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class III FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- Connecticut the one state its words name
- (Lot # 700785 & 700804) of 19200 lbs each (total 38400 lbs) , lot (LOT#700792) of 450 kg was made and distributed 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 III, the least serious of FDA’s three classes.
“Products that are unlikely to cause any adverse health reaction, but that violate FDA labeling or manufacturing laws. Examples include: a minor container defect and lack of English labeling in a retail food.”
openFDA, in plain words, its enforcement report fields.
“Class III is a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.”
FDA’s rule, 21 CFR 7.3(m)(3), eCFR.
What these words mean is quoted from openFDA’s field reference and 21 CFR 7.3.
What’s wrong with it?
ZoChem Inc. received a complaint from a customer who noticed black specs of contamination in one specific lot (#700792) of product (zinc oxide) that they received, an investigation by ZoChem Inc. was launched . The retained sample representing this lot was analyzed and the contaminant was determined to be iron. The issue is potentially present in two other lots (#700785 & 700804) produced
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Which ones are recalled?
Zinc Oxide Powder (API) used in the manufacturing of dietary supplements .
(Lot # 700785 & 700804) of 19200 lbs each (total 38400 lbs) , lot (LOT#700792) of 450 kg was made and distributed, in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
Lot # 700785; expiration date: 07/19/2017 (manufactured 07/20/15) - US Lot #700804; expiration date: 07/28/2017 (manufactured 07/29/15) - US Lot# 700792; expiration date: 07/22/2017 (manufactured 07/23/15) - Canada
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.
(2) lots (Lot # 700785 & 700804) of 19200 lbs each (total 38400 lbs) were made and distributed to Brand Nu Laboratories (distributor) at the following address: 377 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450. One (1) lot (LOT#700792) of 450 kg was made and distributed to M K Impex, Canada at the following address: C/O Rexway Transport, Ltd. 2869 Slough Street, Mississauga, ON. L4T 1G4. Additional information: In the US, all of the potentially contaminated product was used in the manufacturing of drugs. In Canada, 200 kg of 450 kg of the potentially contaminated product has been distributed in Saudi Arabia while the remaining 200 kg is in the distributors control and has been put on hold.
The states and territories these words name
- Connecticut
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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 Mar 11, 2016.
- FDA classified it on May 26, 2016.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Jun 1, 2016.
- FDA terminated it on Nov 3, 2016.
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Who is recalling it?
- Zochem Inc., of Brampton, Canada.
- 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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