Class IIPossible risk
Vintage Roots: Root beer syrup
Unapproved food additive: sassafras bark.
The recalled product
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).
Codes on the package: Lot Code: 051626-1 Use By May 2027
This recall is no longer in progress, but product already in your home is still recalled. If you have this product, don’t eat it or feed it. Throw it away, or return it where you bought it.
- Status
- Closed by the FDA (Terminated)
- Type
- Food
- Recalled by
- Vintage Roots LLC
- Posted by the FDA
- Started by the firm
- Classified
- Sold in
- Distributed in MT only
From the FDA
This recall is in the FDA’s Enforcement Report under recall number H-1177-2026. The headline above is a summary; the product descriptions are the FDA’s own words.