Safety regulator, Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group Announce Recall of Iron Supplements
Recall 06116 · Mar 16, 2006 · Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group
64,000
units affected
64,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 06116
- Date
- Mar 16, 2006
- Company
- Inverness Medical Nutritionals Group
- Units affected
- 64,000
- Product
- Walgreens High Potency Iron Supplement
- Product type
- Vitamins & Supplements
- Hazard
- Poisoning
The product
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.
What can happen
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.
The fix
Consumers should keep this product out of reach of children and return it to Walgreens for a free replacement.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- No injuries or incidents have been reported.
- Sold at
- Walgreens retail stores nationwide from April 2005 through October 2005 for about $5.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled walgreens high potency iron supplement?
Consumers should keep this product out of reach of children and return it to Walgreens for a free replacement.
What is the hazard?
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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