Potential Botulism Sparks Coffee Recall: What Consumers Need to Know

Wisconsin-based Snapchill says the voluntary recall involves its low-acid canning process and that there have been no ‘known consumer cases of botulism.’

This photomicrograph reveals the presence of numerous clostridium bacteria. Dr. Gilda Jones/US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted a recall by Snapchill LLC of more than 100 coffee products over concerns that they might contain a potentially deadly toxin.

Snapchill said via the FDA announcement earlier this month that it is recalling dozens of its products because “its current process could lead to the growth and production of the deadly toxin in low acid canned foods.”