If you drink Starbucks Vanilla Frappuccino out of a glass bottle, the Food and Drug Administration is warning about "foreign objects (glass)" in the bottles.
PepsiCo, the distributor of Starbucks' ready-to-drink beverages in a glass bottle, has voluntarily recalled 302,400 bottles since Jan. 28, USA Today reported.
Glass has been discovered in the beverage, leading to the recall of 25,200 cases which contain 12 bottles per case. The glass bottle drinks are sold in retailers and not in Starbucks coffee houses.
The recall is nationwide and labeled Class II, which suggests "a lower chance of causing major injuries or death, but where there is still the possibility of serious enough adverse events to have irreversible consequences," The New York Times reported.
"The impacted products have best by dates of March 8, 2023; May 29, 2023; June 4, 2023; and June 10, 2023 and were distributed across the United States," a PepsiCo spokesman told ABC News in a statement. "The removal of these products from the marketplace is currently underway. The products are not sold at Starbucks retail locations.
"The North American Coffee Partnership is committed to a high level of quality in the products we serve," the statement added. "Delivering a quality experience to our consumers is our top priority and we always act with an abundance of caution whenever a potential concern is raised."
The bottles carry the UPC number 0 12000-81331 3, and those who have the product can call 1-800-211-8307, the statement concluded.
The news has inauspicious timing. Starbucks has been in the news for firing employers attempting to unionize and CEO Howard Schultz declined an invitation from 11 senators to testify March 9 on the coffee company's compliance with federal labor law, according to a letter seen by Reuters late Tuesday.
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who chairs a committee on labor issues, and 10 other members of the committee asked Schultz to answer by Feb. 14 whether he would take part.
The recall was filed Feb. 14, according to the FDA document.
Starbucks Workers United has won elections at more than 260 U.S. stores and has lost about 70 elections since late 2021. The union is seeking increased pay and benefits, improved health and safety conditions and protections against unfair firings and discipline.
Information from Reuters was used in this report.
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