Desert Harvest Recalls Reléveum Skin Repair Cream Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Closure Requirements
Recall 18229 · Sep 25, 2018 · Desert Harvest
1,450
units affected
1,450
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 18229
- Date
- Sep 25, 2018
- Company
- Desert Harvest
- Units affected
- 1,450
- Product
- Desert Harvest Reléveum Skin Repair Cream
- Remedy
- Replacement
- Hazard
- Poisoning
The product
The recalled Desert Harvest Reléveum Skin Repair Cream is in a transparent green bottle with a white pump dispenser cap and a tan/white gradient label with "Desert Harvest Reléveum" printed on the front. The product is an over the counter skin cream with lidocaine (4%) as the active ingredient. The cream is sold in a 4 ounce or an 8 ounce bottle with the date code "D02N5" printed above the barcode on the bottle.
What can happen
The bottles are not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, posing a poisoning risk if the contents are swallowed by young children.
The fix
Consumers should immediately place the recalled pain relieving cream out of the reach of children and contact Desert Harvest for a free replacement child resistant cap for the bottle.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported
- Sold at
- Apotheco Pharmacy, Memorial Medical Center, Oschner Baptist Medical Center, Oschner Wellness, The Herb Bar, Current Medical Technologies, Be Well Pharmacy, Women's Physical Therapy, other pharmacies nationwide, and online at Amazon.com and DesertHarvest.com from January 2016 through July 2018...
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled desert harvest reléveum skin repair cream?
Consumers should immediately place the recalled pain relieving cream out of the reach of children and contact Desert Harvest for a free replacement child resistant cap for the bottle.
What is the hazard?
The bottles are not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, posing a poisoning risk if the contents are swallowed by young children.
A recall means the maker found a safety problem and offers a free fix; it does not mean every unit has the problem. Units affected are as reported by the company. Popular models sell more and so have more recalls and complaints. Official public data; texts are shortened. Contact the company named above for the remedy.