CVS Health Live Better vegan vitamin d-3

Recalled by New Generation Wellness Inc. in 2021 (FDA F-0384-2021). The recall notice is the public record; no lab panel was published.

FDA recall Retrieved Oct 23, 2026 One public record

What this record tells you

Read Oct 23, 2026
  • CVS Health Live Better vegan vitamin d-3 was recalled (FDA F-0384-2021, 2021): “Vitamin D3 stability sample analyzed and found to be less than 100% of label claim.”
  • The evidence score reads 50% of the rubric for this record (independent source count, quantitative concordance, failure and warning); 12 is the score on that part only, not a grade of the bottle.
CVS Health Live Better vegan vitamin d-3 50 mcg (2000 IU), 40 tablets

What you can do

Each step opens to what to look for. Nothing here is a verdict on the bottle.

Check your bottle against the recalled lots003925; 004546

The recall covered 003925, exp. 03/22; 004546, exp. 05/22. Its status is terminated (since Apr 22, 2022). A bottle from another lot is not part of it.

Ask CVS Health for the certificate of analysis5 things to ask for
  • The lot number printed on your bottle, and the certificate of analysis for that lot
  • Vitamin D3 as measured, against the label claim, in the label’s unit
  • Lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury results, each with the limit the lab used
  • The laboratory’s name, the test method and the test date
  • Whether the laboratory is independent of the brand

A certificate the brand commissions is manufacturer-sourced; read it as the brand’s own document.

Compare with the vitamin D bottles that have numbers3 bottles

FDA recall F-0384-2021

“Vitamin D3 stability sample analyzed and found to be less than 100% of label claim.” How far below claim was not printed, so no potency figure is drawn.

The enforcement report

openFDA
Class
Class III
Status
Terminated
Recalling firm
New Generation Wellness Inc.
Initiated
Mar 8, 2021
Terminated
Apr 22, 2022
Quantity
16,477 bottles
Distribution
Nationwide
Lots
003925, exp. 03/22; 004546, exp. 05/22

How the evidence score reads this record

Rubric-1 scores the published evidence, not the product. A part with nothing public is left unscored, never counted as zero.

Rubric-1

50% of the rubric could be scored
Evidence score
12
Rubric coverage
50%
Each part of the rubric and what it read
Part of the rubricPointsWhat it read
Recency of independent measured resultsNot scoredNo independent measured result.
Independent source count6 of 151 organization
Quantitative concordance0 of 25Source-stated fail.
Method transparencyNot scoredNot published
CertificationNot scoredNot listed or expired.
Failure and warning0 of 10Source-stated failure or enforcement action.

Every public record

In reading order, each with the sentence that holds the figure, its link and the date we retrieved it.

One record

  1. FDA / openFDAEnforcement action
    Live Better vegan vitamin d-3 by CVS Health, 50 mcg (2000 IU), 40 tablets in blue PET jar, Distributed by: CVS Pharmacy, Inc. one CVS Drive, Woonsocket, RI 02895, UPC 0 50428 62499 9 Vitamin D3 stability sample analyzed and found to be less than 100% of label claim. Product code 618-40 (618 is product, -40 is 40 count) Lot numbers: 003925, exp. 03/22; 004546, exp. 05/22 Terminated Class III F-0384-2021 20210308 20220422

    api.fda.gov/food/enforcement.json?search=recall_number:%22F-0384-2021%22 · retrieved Oct 23, 2026

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