TemporaryFDAClosed
Usually only makes people unwell for a while — in some cases there is a small chance of something more serious. Do not eat it. The recall has ended. That does not make a package you still have safe.
Vintage Roots Root Beer Syrup, packaged in glass bottle. Net Wt. 8oz. (236.6 mL). Distributed by Vintage Roots, PO Box 12, Brady, MT 59416. The product label declares: Ingredients: Filtered Water, Pure Cane Sugar, Sassafras Bark, Burdock Roots, Wild Cherry Bark, Molasses, Fresh Lemon Juice, Star Anise, Coriander Seeds, Whole Clove, Wintergreen Extract (no alcohol).
Check your package for
Lot Code: 051626-1 Use By May 2027
- Why
- Unapproved food additive: sassafras bark.
- Distributed
- Distributed in MT only
- Company
- Vintage Roots LLC
- Announced
- This is the date the recall was announced. A company may have started it weeks earlier.
- Recall began
Already ate or took it and feel unwell? Call Poison Control — 1-800-222-1222
Source: FDA record H-1177-2026 · retrieved 17 July 2026
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