Clear American brand “Strawberry Punch Snow Cone” flavored sparkling water beverage with other natural flavors
Food recall F-1538-2022. Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 17, 2022.
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The short answer
Published in FDA’s Enforcement Report on Aug 17, 2022. Copied from openFDA on Oct 20, 2026.
- Class II FDA’s class
- Terminated its status, in FDA’s file
- 15 states named in where it went
- 87, 859 cases (12 one-liter bottles per case) 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?
The product may contain trace amounts of coconut, which is not declared on the labeling. Laboratory analysis was unable to detect any coconut allergen, however the firm has decided to recall out of an abundance of caution.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Which ones are recalled?
Clear American brand “Strawberry Punch Snow Cone” flavored sparkling water beverage with other natural flavors; 1-liter clear plastic bottles. Best if Used by dates in August-October 2022.
87, 859 cases (12 one-liter bottles per case), in FDA’s words.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Codes to check against yours
BEST IF USED BY Aug 01 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 04 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 05 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 16 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 17 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 18 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 22 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 29 22 BEST IF USED BY Sep 03 22 BEST…
Every code shown here, 519 characters
BEST IF USED BY Aug 01 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 04 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 05 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 16 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 17 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 18 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 22 22 BEST IF USED BY Aug 29 22 BEST IF USED BY Sep 03 22 BEST IF USED BY Sep 09 22 BEST IF USED BY Sep 14 22 BEST IF USED BY Sep 15 22 BEST IF USED BY Sep 29 22 BEST IF USED BY Sep 30 22 BEST IF USED BY Oct 06 22 BEST IF USED BY Oct 08 22 BEST IF USED BY Oct 11 22 BEST IF USED BY Oct 17 22 BEST IF USED BY Oct 20 22 BEST IF USED BY Oct 23 22
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.
Stores throughout AZ, CA, IL, IN, KY, ME, NV, NY, OH, PA, SC, UT, VA, WA, WI
The states and territories these words name
15 states and territories.
Every one of them
- Arizona
- California
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Maine
- Nevada
- New York
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- South Carolina
- Utah
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
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 Jul 7, 2022.
- FDA classified it on Aug 6, 2022.
- FDA’s Enforcement Report published it on Aug 17, 2022.
- FDA terminated it on Oct 20, 2022.
FDA, Food recall enforcement reports. Released Oct 14, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who is recalling it?
- Refresco Beverages US Inc, of Tampa, FL.
- Who began it, in FDA’s words: Voluntary: Firm initiated.
- How the firm first told its customers: E-Mail.
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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