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Class I · Recall · initiated June 24, 2026 · Ongoing

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Trafa Pharmaceutical organic moringa leaf powder recalled for potential Salmonella

A Chicopee, Massachusetts firm recalled its branded organic moringa leaf powder, distributed in New York, for potential Salmonella contamination, one of at least seven moringa recalls between May and August 2026.

The record

Firm
Trafa Pharmaceutical Inc., Chicopee, MA
Product
Trafa Pharmaceuticals Inc. brand ORGANIC MORINGA LEAF POWDER; NET WEIGHT: 15 KGS; packaged in brown paper bags with a white label
Reason, as filed
“Potential contamination with Salmonella”
Classification
Class I (Class I: reasonable probability of serious health consequences or death)
Recall number
H-1144-2026
Initiated
June 24, 2026
Posted by FDA
July 15, 2026
Status
Ongoing · Voluntary: Firm initiated
Quantity
500 kg
Distribution
NY

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Why it happened, in plain English

The product is loose moringa leaf powder, a dried agricultural product sold as a supplement. The record gives the reason as potential Salmonella contamination and nothing about the source. In a dried leaf powder there is no step after harvest and drying that reduces Salmonella unless the supplier or the packer applies one deliberately, and the record does not mention one.

This recall sits in the middle of a cluster: Total Nutrition (May and June), MOGO (May), Green Jeeva’s bulk lot (July), Zen Principle (July), Food To Live (August), Foods Alive (September). Whether these share a source is not stated in any record.

Who else should care

Repackers and small brands that buy moringa in bulk and sell it as loose powder. Loose powder is the highest-exposure format: no encapsulation, no blending to dilute, and consumers stir it into cold drinks.

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Written 2026-09-08. Analysis is editorial; the record above is FDA's.