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# FDA Warns Not to Consume Two Liquid “Energy” Products
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/160720091040_fda_warns_not_to_consume_two_liquid_energy_products/
- Published: 2009-07-16T22:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T12:24:10.000Z
- Description: The FDA told consumers to avoid New Whey and Hardcore Energize Bullet liquid vials after a utility knife blade turned up in one vial of each. Both products are being recalled, no one is known to have been hurt, and maker Protica is investigating.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Advisories, Politics, #vivvo-import

By FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned consumers not to buy or use two liquid products that have been recalled due to suspected product tampering.  
  
The products are  
  
New Whey liquid products   
Hardcore Energize Bullet liquid products   
The products are sold in vials that look similar to test tubes.   
  
The suspected tampering involved a utility knife blade found in one vial of Hardcore Energize Bullet drink and another blade in one vial of New Whey liquid products. No one is known to have been hurt.   
  
The manufacturer of both products, Protica Inc., of Whitehall, Pa., is investigating these incidents.  
  
  
About the Recalled Products  
New Whey liquid products are being recalled by IDS of Oviedo, Fla. The products  
  
were sold at various retail stores in the United States   
are packaged in 2.9-ounce clear, test-tube-like vials   
come in two flavors: New Whey Fruit Punch 25g (the affected lot is 1960), and New Whey Blue Raspberry 42g (the affected lot is 1944)   
Hardcore Energize Bullet liquid products are being recalled by iSatori Technologies of Golden, Colo. The products  
  
were sold in the United States and Canada   
are packaged in 2.9-ounce clear, test-tube-like vials   
come in two flavors: Blue Rage (the affected lots are 1961, 1962, and 1794), and Black Rush (the affected lot is 1963)   
  
  
Advice for Consumers

  
Do not buy or consume New Whey or Hardcore Energize Bullet liquid products.   
Report serious side effects or product quality problems with the use of these products to FDA's MedWatch Adverse Event Reporting program online, by regular mail, fax or phone.   
Online   
Regular Mail: Use FDA postage paid form 3500 and mail to MedWatch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852-9787   
Fax: 800-FDA-0178   
Phone: 800-FDA-1088   
This article appears on FDA's Consumer Updates page, which features the latest on all FDA-regulated products.  
  
Date Posted: July 7, 2009