Class II · Recall · initiated August 11, 2026 · Ongoing
Byron White Formulas recalls three herbal tinctures: walnut declared only in Latin
The Santa Rosa, California firm recalled three herbal supplement tinctures because the label did not declare walnuts in English; the black walnut hull ingredient appeared only as Juglans nigra.
The record
- Firm
- Byron White Formulas, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA
- Products (3)
- Byron White FORMULAS A-L Complex Herbal Supplement 1.0 fl. oz./30 mL May Contain Nuts (Juglans nigra hull) Byron White Formulas Inc. 3315 Chanate Rd. Suite 1C Santa Rosa, CA 95404Byron White FORMULAS A-P Herbal Supplement 1.0 fl. oz./30 mL May Contain Nuts (Juglans nigra hull) Byron White Formulas Inc. 3315 Chanate Rd. Suite 1C Santa Rosa, CA 95404Byron White FORMULAS A-FNG Herbal Supplement 1.0 fl. oz./30 mL May Contain Nuts (Juglans nigra hull) Byron White Formulas Inc. 3315 Chanate Rd. Suite 1C Santa Rosa, CA 95404
- Reason, as filed
- “Label does not declare walnuts in English”
- Classification
- Class II (Class II: may cause temporary or medically reversible harm)
- Recall numbers
- H-1276-2026, H-1277-2026, H-1278-2026
- Initiated
- August 11, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- September 2, 2026
- Status
- Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 18,791 units
- Distribution
- Domestic: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY. Foreign: Canada, Switzerland, Colombia, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, Japan, Norway, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia.
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Why it happened, in plain English
The filed reason is precise: the label “does not declare walnuts in English.” The products contain black walnut hull, listed by its botanical name, Juglans nigra. Under US allergen labeling rules, tree nuts must be declared by their common English name. A Latin binomial is not an allergen declaration, even when it is accurate.
The recall is Class II, which FDA uses when exposure may cause temporary or medically reversible harm. Tree-nut allergy is the reason it is not Class III.
Who else should care
Every herbal and botanical brand that lists ingredients by botanical name, which is most of them. The pattern repeats across the category: an ingredient that is also a major allergen (walnut, almond, soy, wheat grass is not one but wheat is) hidden inside a Latin name.
Check: your ingredient list against the nine major allergens, looking at what the botanical is, not what it is called. Juglans nigra is a walnut.
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.