CHILDREN’S
MEDICATIONS About 2.3 million bottles of Triaminic Syrups and Theraflu Warming
Relief Syrups sold at food, drug, mass merchandise and club stores nationwide
between May 2010 and December 2011 for about $5. These child-resistant caps can
fail to function properly and enable the cap to be removed by a child with the
tamper-evident seal in place, posing a risk of unintentional ingestion and
poisoning. These products contain acetaminophen and diphenhydramine which are
required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act to be sealed with
child-resistant packaging. The firm has received 12 reports of children
unscrewing the locked caps, including four reports of children ingesting the
product. One child required medical attention.
IF YOU OWN SOME Stop using it and contact the manufacturer, Novartis, at 866-553-6742
or go to www.novartisOTC.com for more
information on how to return
the product for a full refund.
SUPPLEMENTS About 7,400 MegaFood One Daily Supplement bottles sold at
Sprouts Farmers Market, Vitamin Cottage, Whole Foods Market and other natural
food stores nationwide from June 2012 to October 2012 for between $39 and $90.
The packaging is not child-resistant as required by the Poison Prevention
Packaging Act. The supplement tablets inside the bottle contain iron, which can
cause serious injury or death to young children if multiple tablets are
ingested at once.
IF YOU OWN
A BOTTLE Return any recalled bottles to the original place of purchase for a
full refund or replacement. Contact FoodState d/b/a MegaFood, 866-234-2668,
send an e-mail to productintegrity@megafood.com;
or go to megafood.com for more information.
BUNK
BEDS About 8,600 bunk beds distributed by World Imports and
sold at independent juvenile and other furniture stores in the eastern U.S.
from August 2009 to February 2012 for about $250 to $300. The openings between
the metal rails of the end structures are greater than the standard allows and
pose a risk of entrapment or asphyxiation.
IF YOU OWN ONE Call 855-473-9992 or go to worldimportsltd.com and
click on Contact us for info about a free repair kit.
For the latest information on all recalls, go to Recalls.gov. There you'll find recalls from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Food and Drug Administration, and The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, among others.
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