The Food and Drug Administration this week recalled thousands of pounds of ground coffee across 15 states that it said were mislabeled as decaffeinated.
Hundreds of 12-ounce bags of Our Family Traverse City Cherry Decaf Light Roast Ground Coffee were mislabeled and sold in Colorado, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Wyoming, according to the FDA.
Our Family said in a statement this month that the recall affected none of its other products.
“We are committed to your health and safety, and we follow best practices to ensure the quality and safety of the products we sell,” it said. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.”
Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA, one of the largest suppliers of coffee in the U.S., issued the recall voluntarily on March 13.
The FDA classified the recall with a “category II” label, which it defines as “a situation in which use of, or exposure to, a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.”
Massimo Zanetti and SpartanNash, the coffee’s distributor, did not immediately reply to requests for comment.
