Food recall: NOW Nutritional Yeast Powder, Nt. Wt. 10oz. UPC 7 33739 02460 2

FDA enforcement event 95721 · Class III · initiated 8 May 2025 · status Terminated · terminated 16 Jan 2026

FoodVoluntary: Firm initiated1 product recordBloomingdale, IL

FDA enforcement event 95721 is a food recall by Now Foods of Bloomingdale, IL, initiated 8 May 2025 and classified Class III, with 1 product record.

FDA defines Class III as a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences. 8% of the 569 food enforcement events initiated in 2025 carry the same class.

Status: Terminated, terminated 16 Jan 2026. Initiation: voluntary: firm initiated. Now Foods has 10 enforcement events on this register, with a median of 1 product record per event.

Recall classification reflects the relative degree of health hazard. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. openFDA export dated 28 Sep 2026.

Recalling firm

Now Foods, Bloomingdale, IL.

Reason for recall

"regular yeast was inadvertently packaged as nutritional yeast"

Distribution

"Nationwide USA. Czech Republic, Hong Kong, UAE, Ukraine."

Product records

Recall number	Product	Quantity	Class	Status	Report date
F-0936-2025	NOW Nutritional Yeast Powder, Nt. Wt. 10oz. UPC 7 33739 02460 2	18,658 units	Class III	Terminated	18 Jun 2025

Context

8%of 2025 food events are Class III569 events that year

1product record in this eventfirm median: 1

10events on this register for the firm

Other enforcement events for Now Foods

Initiated	Product (first record)	Type	Class	Records
24 Sep 2025	NOW Real Food Organic Unsalted Whole Raw Cashews, 10 oz. pouch, UPC 7 33739 07066 1 Product Code 7066	Food	Class II	1
14 Aug 2024	NOW Real Foods Whole & Unsalted Raw Brazil Nuts 12oz. bag UPC 733739070128	Food	Class II	1
10 Jan 2024	Protocol for Life Balance, Phosphatidyl Serine 300mg softgels, 50 count bottle, UPC 707359123922. NOW Foods, Phosphatidy	Food	Class III	1
6 Nov 2018	NOW Vitamin B-50 Complex with C 100 Veg Caps	Food	Class III	1
5 Sep 2017	Organic Coconut Sugar, 16oz bag, 12 bags/case, packed in a foil bag	Food	Class II	1
20 Jan 2017	NOW¿ Multi-Food 1 Tablets, One Tablet Daily, 90 tablets, A Dietary Supplement	Food	Class III	1
18 Mar 2016	Andrographis extract 400 mg packaged in a white and orange bottle containing 90 capsules. The bottle has a blue cap and	Food	Class II	5
7 Nov 2013	Digestive enzyme capsules sold under the NOW Foods, Beeyoutiful, Best in Nature, Bluegrass Naturals Vitamin Company, Chi	Food	Class II	1
3 Jul 2013	White plastic bottle with blue cap containing 90 capsules; Ashwagandha Extract; 450 mg; CODE 4603; Manufactured by NOW F	Food	Class II	1

All 10 events for Now Foods

Questions and answers

Why was this food recalled?

FDA's record gives the reason for recall as: "regular yeast was inadvertently packaged as nutritional yeast"

What does Class III mean?

FDA classifies recalls by relative degree of health hazard. Class III is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product is not likely to cause adverse health consequences.

Where was the product distributed?

FDA's distribution pattern field reads: "Nationwide USA. Czech Republic, Hong Kong, UAE, Ukraine."

Is the recall still ongoing?

FDA lists the status as Terminated; the termination date is 16 Jan 2026. "Terminated" means FDA has determined that all reasonable efforts to remove or correct the product have been made.

Where does this data come from?

openFDA enforcement reports (food, drug and device), CC0, export dated 28 Sep 2026. Text in quotation marks is FDA's. The FDA enforcement report linked above is authoritative.

Provenance

Source: openFDA food enforcement reports (CC0), export dated 28 Sep 2026; records grouped by FDA event number. The class shown for the event is the most severe class among its records. Errors in processing are corrected at the next build; see corrections.