Talking Rain® Voluntarily Recalls Sparkling Ice® Cherry Limeade in Response to Customer Complaints

Talking Rain® (the Company) is voluntarily recalling specific lot codes of bottles of its Sparkling Ice® Cherry Limeade beverage in response to a small number of customer complaints that reported an off-taste and off-odor of the affected product. The Company made the decision to recall the product out of an abundance of caution. No other Sparkling Ice products are affected by this recall.

The Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade product subject to recall was produced only at one of the Company’s facilities that make this product. The product comes in a 17 ounce clear plastic bottle under the name Sparkling Ice Cherry Limeade. The product is sold as a single item, as well as in multipacks of the affected product and in multipacks containing a variety of other unaffected flavors. The product subject to recall can be identified by the following information that is displayed on the neck of the bottle. All other products made by the Company are not part of this voluntary recall.

Affected product labeling:

Bottle Lot Code	Expiration Date on Bottle	Expiration Date	Bottle UPC	Case/Variety Pack UPCs
8064-63	120518	12/5/18	01657195084	016571950866
8065-63	120618	12/6/18		016571950927
8079-63	122018	12/20/18		016571951283
8080-63	122118	12/21/18		016571950866
8087-63	122818	12/28/18		016571953126
8088-63	122918	12/29/18		016571953614
8089-63	123018	12/30/18
8112-63	012219	01/22/19
8113-63	012319	01/23/19
8114-63	012419	01/24/19
8118-63	012819	01/28/19
8119-63	012919	01/29/19
8126-63	020619	02/06/19
8131-63	021119	02/11/19
8132-63	021219	02/12/19
8144-63	022419	02/24/19
8145-63	022519	02/25/19
8146-63	022619	02/26/19
8165-63	031419	03/14/19
8166-63	031519	03/15/19
8167-63	031619	03/16/19

Talking Rain learned of the issue after a small number of customers brought their concerns to the company’s attention. Talking Rain is currently investigating the cause of the issue in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Consumers who purchased the affected product are advised not to drink it and to call the Talking Rain customer center at 855-201-4333 to receive a coupon to replace their purchase.

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* We believe that none of the product being recalled were processed or offered through the Feeding America national office.

For full details on the recall, including product photos, please visit this FDA web page.

By MANNA Foodbank