Locker Brand Recalls Rx Lockers Due to Failure Leading to Allowing Unauthorized Access to Medicine Containers
Recall 12128 · Mar 7, 2012 · Locker Brand
59,600
units affected
59,600
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 12128
- Date
- Mar 7, 2012
- Company
- Locker Brand
- Units affected
- 59,600
- Product
- Medicine Bottle Storage Containers
- Product type
- Lockers
- Remedy
- Refund
- Hazard
- Other or not stated
The product
The Rx Locker is a medicine bottle storage container. It is made of orange plastic with a white top resembling four pill containers. It has a metal, three-number combination lock on the front. Production batch numbers are printed on the bottom of the container. The recalled containers were manufactured between May 2010 to December 2010 and can be identified by the last six numbers in the production batch number. Recalled batch numbers end with: 052 010, 062 010, 082 010 and 122 010.
What can happen
The medicine container can open by applying pressure to the latch when it is locked. This could result in unauthorized access to medicine bottles in the container.
The fix
Consumers should immediately stop using this product and contact Locker Brand for a free return mailer. When the product is returned, Rx Locker will provide a full refund.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported
- Sold at
- Bed Bath & Beyond, CVS, Walgreens and the Locker Brand website from June 2010 through October 2011 for about $15.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled medicine bottle storage containers?
Consumers should immediately stop using this product and contact Locker Brand for a free return mailer. When the product is returned, Rx Locker will provide a full refund.
What is the hazard?
The medicine container can open by applying pressure to the latch when it is locked. This could result in unauthorized access to medicine bottles in the container.
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.