Class I · Recall · initiated July 8, 2026 · Ongoing
Green Jeeva recalls bulk moringa powder already shipped to four manufacturers
A Cerritos, California ingredient supplier recalled 15 kg bags of organic moringa powder after the ingredient tested positive for Salmonella, after it had gone to four downstream firms for further processing.
The record
- Firm
- Green Jeeva LLC, Cerritos, CA
- Product
- Organic Moringa Powder; 15kg/bag (bulk); Product code: GJ96
- Reason, as filed
- “Moringa Powder ingredient positive for salmonella”
- Classification
- Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
- Recall number
- H-1180-2026
- Initiated
- July 8, 2026
- Posted by FDA
- July 29, 2026
- Status
- Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Quantity
- 2,490 kg
- Distribution
- Product was distributed to 4 different consignees who have used the ingredient for further processing and distribution.
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Why it happened, in plain English
This is a supplier recall, not a brand recall. The product is a raw ingredient in 15 kg bulk bags, and the filed reason says the ingredient itself tested positive. The distribution line is the important part: four consignees had already used it “for further processing and distribution.” Whatever those four firms made from it is now exposed.
Moringa is a dried leaf. Drying does not kill Salmonella, it preserves it, and the organism survives in low-moisture powders for years. A bulk lot that tests positive was positive when it was packed. Nothing downstream, short of a validated kill step, changes that.
Who else should care
Any brand that buys botanical powders in bulk and encapsulates, blends or repacks them. Four firms bought this lot; FDA’s record does not name them. If you buy moringa or greens powder from a California distributor, ask which lots you received between spring and July 2026 and whether any came from this source.
The one thing to check: whether your incoming-ingredient acceptance relies on the supplier’s certificate of analysis alone. A COA describes the sample the supplier tested, not the bag you received.
Related actions
Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.