NumbSkin Pain Relief Cream Recalled by SeeNext Venture Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)
Recall 20724 · Mar 18, 2020 · SeeNext Venture Ltd.
8,000
units affected
8,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 20724
- Date
- Mar 18, 2020
- Company
- SeeNext Venture Ltd.
- Units affected
- 8,000
- Product
- NumbSkin pain relief cream with lidocaine
- Remedy
- Replacement
- Hazard
- Poisoning
The product
This recall involves NumbSkin pain relief cream with 5% lidocaine. The topical anesthetic cream was sold in 30 grams in a white with blue tube. NumbSkin is printed on the tube. Lot 9238 and a date code of 10/2019 through 09/2020 in a MM/YYYY format is embossed on the tub's thin end. Batch number 9238 is printed on the product packaging.
What can happen
The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The pain relieving cream contains lidocaine, posing a risk of poisoning to young children if they put it on their skin or ingest it.
The fix
Consumers should immediately store the pain relief cream in a safe location out of reach of children and contact SeeNext Venture for instructions on how to dispose or return it and to receive a free replacement similar product with a child-resistant cap. Amazon is contacting all known purchasers directly.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported.
- Sold at
- Online at Amazon.com from October 2019 through February 2020 for about $25.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled numbskin pain relief cream with lidocaine?
Consumers should immediately store the pain relief cream in a safe location out of reach of children and contact SeeNext Venture for instructions on how to dispose or return it and to receive a free replacement similar product with a child-resistant cap. Amazon is contacting all known purchasers directly.
What is the hazard?
The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The pain relieving cream contains lidocaine, posing a risk of poisoning to young children if they put it on their skin or ingest it.
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.