Monday, October 06, 2008

CPSC, Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group Announce Recall of Iron Supplements

Released: Thursday, March 16, 2006 by CPSC

Mar

16

2006
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group, of Freehold, N.J., is voluntarily recalling about 64,000 bottles of Walgreens High Potency Iron Supplement. The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplements at once can cause serious injury or death to young children.

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Recall Details

Product

Walgreens High Potency Iron Supplement

Description

The recalled supplements were sold in a brown plastic bottle. "Walgreens Finest High Potency Iron Supplement" is printed on the yellow and green label on the bottle.

Hazards

The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplements at once can cause serious injury or death to young children.

Incidents

No injuries or incidents have been reported.

Remedy

Consumers should keep this product out of reach of children and return it to Walgreens for a free replacement.


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