Highest risk U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Green ELV Nutrition Elv Control Herbal Supplement recall: Product contains yellow oleander

Recall published 2+ years ago

Product contains yellow oleander

Green ELV Nutrition Dietary supplements — recalled dietary supplementsGreen ELV Nutrition Dietary supplements — recalled dietary supplements (photo 2)
2 photos published by U.S. Food and Drug Administration with the recall notice.

The hazard: Food safety concern

This product was withdrawn on a food safety ground. The lot codes listed are what define the recall — identical packs from other runs are unaffected.

What the notice says: The consumption of yellow oleander can cause adverse effects on neurological, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular health that can be serious or even fatal.

Why it matters: The agency identified a problem with this product that made it unsafe or unfit to sell. The official summary above describes what it was.

Recall details

Published
June 3, 2024
Risk level
Highest risk
Issued by
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Brand
Green ELV Nutrition
Product type
Dietary supplements
UPC codes
300320230003, 100620230008

Products covered by this recall

Elv Control Herbal Supplement

What the company announced

“This is a correction to the company’s press release, previously issued on May 21, 2024.”

World Green Nutrition, Inc is announcing the expansion of their April 03, 2024 recall to include more lot numbers of the products GREEN ELV NUTRITION brand Elv Control Herbal Supplement 90 capsules and ELV ALIPOTEC brand Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) Net. Wt, 0.3 0z (7g), due to the presence of yellow oleander.

The yellow oleander, a poisonous plant native to Mexico and Central America. The consumption of yellow oleander can cause adverse effects on neurological, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular health that can be serious or even fatal. Symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, diarrhea, abdominal pain, heart changes, arrhythmia, and more.

While the products Elv Control Herbal Suplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Suplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) were intended to be distributed only through authorized distributors, it is possible that these products were purchased and further distributed via e-commerce platforms and/ or physical stores.

For easier identification of the product ELV Control Herbal Supplement in question, it is noted that it comes in a white container; blue lid; and marked with the batch’s:

  • Lot: N082522 · Expiration: 22026 · Amount: 10015 · Lot: GESPM080822-P · Expiration: 92924 · Amount: 8951
  • Lot: N0952676 · Expiration: 50228 · Amount: 3654 · Lot: 300320230003 · Expiration: 33028 · Amount: 6400
  • Lot: N1072701 · Expiration: 60528 · Amount: 13282 · Lot: 100620230008 · Expiration: 61028 · Amount: 3200
  • Lot: GESPM050722-P · Expiration: 92824 · Amount: 1000

For easier identification of the product Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) in question, it is noted that it comes in a white polyethylene container; green polypropylene lid; heat-shrinkable PET-G material label and marked with the batch’s:

  • Lot: 031121366MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 231121496MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 250122103R · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 160322104MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200
  • Lot: 031121430MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 201221N777MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200
  • Lot: 031121367MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200 · Lot: 231121494MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300
  • Lot: 181121N441MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 181121483MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300
  • Lot: 131221H744MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200 · Lot: 16032203MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200
  • Lot: 061221N716MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300 · Lot: 231121495MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 181121N442MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 231121492MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 201221N752MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300 · Lot: 200121N779MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200
  • Lot: 181121N433MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 600 · Lot: 231121499MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200
  • Lot: 131221H736MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 031121N357MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500
  • Lot: 201221N754MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200 · Lot: 181121N486MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500
  • Lot: 201221N753MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200 · Lot: 1301221MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300
  • Lot: 031121N363MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200 · Lot: 231121493MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 201221N750MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200 · Lot: 201221N780MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300
  • Lot: 250122104R · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500 · Lot: 231121497MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 181121N455MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 201221N778MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300
  • Lot: 031121N360MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 181121484MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300
  • Lot: 181121N453MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 000101ML · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 250122102R · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 231121491MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 131221H739MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300 · Lot: 1301223MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300
  • Lot: 131221N741ML · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 181121N427ML · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400
  • Lot: 181121N444ML · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500 · Lot: 181121N445ML · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 100
  • Lot: 181121N432MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500 · Lot: 101122 · Expiration: 22128 · Amount: 4600
  • Lot: 061221N719MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300 · Lot: 221122 · Expiration: 22128 · Amount: 3100
  • Lot: 131221H737MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 200 · Lot: 260522 · Expiration: 22128 · Amount: 2100
  • Lot: 131221H742MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500 · Lot: 291122 · Expiration: 22228 · Amount: 4200
  • Lot: 181121N445ML · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500 · Lot: 30123 · Expiration: 22328 · Amount: 1700
  • Lot: 201221N776MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 100 · Lot: 71222 · Expiration: 22328 · Amount: 3000
  • Lot: 181121N415MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 40722 · Expiration: 22328 · Amount: 800
  • Lot: 131221H738MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 30123 · Expiration: 22828 · Amount: 500
  • Lot: 131221H743MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 130123 · Expiration: 22828 · Amount: 3000
  • Lot: 181121N446MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 500 · Lot: 291122 · Expiration: 22828 · Amount: 500
  • Lot: 131221H735MR · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 400 · Lot: 70722 · Expiration: 22828 · Amount: 1500
  • Lot: 1301224MR1 · Expiration: 51128 · Amount: 300

To date, this company has not received reports of illnesses related to the consumption of this product directly by any consumer; However, the FDA has notified us of 3 consumer complaints related to the consumption of the 2 recalled products mentioned above. Additionally, the recall of these products began after the FDA discovered that they contained yellow oleander.

Consumers should stop consuming the recalled products. Consumers who have purchased the recalled lots of ELV Control Herbal Supplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) can return them to the place where they made their purchase to obtain an exchange for another product marketed by the company or dispose of the products. Consumers with questions can contact the company at +1 (956) 612 -8408 (Monday- Friday 10:00 am-5:00 pm CT). Finally, it is important to mention that for the exchange to be valid, it is necessary that the product corresponds to the one sold by World Green Nutrition, Inc., since in the case of apocryphal or pirated products that have been acquired outside the network from authorized distributors, they cannot be exchanged for other products.

First Expansion

Original Press

FDA's Advisory (English)

FDA's Advisory (Spanish)

Reproduced from the company announcement posted on fda.gov. Links and contact forms in the original are not repeated here; the official notice below has them.

Check your product

The notice names 38 codes you can read straight off the package. Type the one printed on yours and the list below narrows to it.

UPC / barcode

Read the twelve digits under the barcode on the package.

  • 300320230003
  • 100620230008

Lot or batch code

Usually ink-stamped near the seam, the cap or the bottom of the pack.

  • N082522
  • GESPM080822-P
  • N0952676
  • 300320230003
  • N1072701
  • 100620230008
  • GESPM050722-P
  • 031121366MR1
  • 231121496MR1
  • 250122103R
  • 160322104MR
  • 031121430MR1
  • 201221N777MR
  • 031121367MR1
  • 231121494MR1
  • 181121N441MR
  • 181121483MR1
  • 131221H744MR
  • 16032203MR
  • 061221N716MR

Best-by / use-by date

Printed beside the lot code, not on the price sticker.

  • 22026
  • 92924
  • 50228
  • 33028
  • 60528
  • 61028
  • 92824
  • 51128
  • 22128
  • 22228
  • 22328
  • 22828

Package size

Match the net weight or the piece count on the front of the pack.

  • 741 ML
  • 427 ML
  • 444 ML
  • 445 ML

Codes are lifted verbatim from the FDA — Company recall announcements notice. A code that is missing here may still be covered — the official notice is the complete list.

What to do about Food safety

Green ELV Nutrition — This product was withdrawn on a food safety ground. The lot codes listed are what define the recall — identical packs from other runs are unaffected.

  1. Stop eating it and check the codes on your pack against the identifiers listed on this page.
  2. Check the freezer and pantry for other packs from the same codes.
  3. If anyone is unwell after eating it, call a clinician and mention the recall by name.
  4. Bag it and bin it, or return it to the store for a refund.

Getting a refund without the pack

The commonest reason people skip the refund is that they have already thrown the item away. That rarely matters.

  • A photo of the label and lot code is accepted by most grocers, and so is a card statement line showing the purchase.
  • Store credit is often offered first. You can ask for the original payment method instead, and it is normally granted.
  • No photo either? Ask anyway. Grocery chains settle recall refunds at the service desk because disputing them costs more than paying them.
  • For a multi-pack or a case, ask for the full purchase price rather than a per-unit figure — the recall covers what you paid.

Remedy named in the notice: Consumers who have purchased the recalled lots of ELV Control Herbal Supplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) can return them to the place where they made their purchase to obtain an exchange for another product marketed by the company or dispose of the products.

Company contact: World Green Nutrition, Inc. — Consumers: +1 (956) 612 -8408

The official notice

This page summarises a notice published by U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The agency notice is the authoritative version — read it before you act, and treat it as the final word if anything here looks different.

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Questions people ask about this recall

Why was Green ELV Nutrition dietary supplements recalled?

Product contains yellow oleander The consumption of yellow oleander can cause adverse effects on neurological, gastrointestinal, and cardiovascular health that can be serious or even fatal.

How do I know if I have the recalled product?

Match the codes printed on your package against the notice: UPC 300320230003, 100620230008; lot code N082522, GESPM080822-P, N0952676; best-by date 22026 or 92924. If the code on your package is not on that list, your unit is outside the recall.

What should I do with it right now?

Stop eating it and check the codes on your pack against the identifiers listed on this page.

Can I get my money back?

The notice says: Consumers who have purchased the recalled lots of ELV Control Herbal Supplement and Mexican Tejocote Root Supplement Pieces (Raiz de Tejocote Mexicano Suplemento en Trozos) can return them to the place where they made their purchase to obtain an exchange for another product marketed by the company or dispose of the products.

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