Beer recall

On April 11, 2012 a recall was announced that affects several Mexican imports distributed by Heineken USA. It only affects the brown bottle versions of certain batches of Carta Blanca and Dos Equis Amber in 6 and 12 packs. It also affects the Beers of Mexico and Best of Mexico variety packs. Also affected was Indio in 12 ounce bottles, although that beer is only in available in Texas in the Best of Mexico pack.

The green bottle varieties are not affected by the recall and neither is Carta Blanca 32 ounce bottles.

From the US Food Safety website:

The affected bottles were produced by a third party supplier and the defect was detected through routine quality inspections. Due to this defect, there is the potential for small grains or particles of glass to separate from the inside lip of the bottle and fall into the liquid. The pieces may vary in size and some may not be easily visible.

Although it is believed that the number of affected bottles is significantly less than 1%, the company made the decision to recall certain batches of products as a precautionary measure.

There have not been any reports of consumer injuries to date.

The affected products include:

• Carta Blanca 12 ounce brown bottles in 6-packs and 12-packs
• Dos Equis Amber 12 ounce brown bottles in 6-packs and 12-packs
• Best of Mexico 12-pack variety package (which contains the impacted Dos Equis Ambar brown bottle and Indio 12 ounce bottles; this pack is sold only in Texas)
• Beers of Mexico 12-pack and 24-pack variety packages (which contains the impacted Dos Equis Ambar brown bottle)

 

The above products are being recalled only in certain states. Please refer to the list of geographies impacted as well as the production codes below.