Walgreens Vitamins Recalled by International Vitamin Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement
Recall 15162 · Jun 11, 2015 · International Vitamin Corporation (IVC)
17,000
units affected
17,000
units affected
Facts
- Recall number
- 15162
- Date
- Jun 11, 2015
- Company
- International Vitamin Corporation (IVC)
- Units affected
- 17,000
- Product
- Multivitamin Women 50+ tablets
- Product type
- Vitamins & Supplements
- Remedy
- Replacement
- Hazard
- Poisoning
The product
This recall involves "Well at Walgreens" Multivitamin Women 50+ tablets. The white plastic bottles contain 200 multivitamin tablets. "Well at Walgreens Multivitamin Women 50+" is printed on the bottle's white and silver label. A yellow band at the top of the label states "Value Size." UPC number 3-11917-17262-0 and one of the following lot numbers 000001 (EXP 9/2016), 000002 (EXP 12/2016) or 000003 (EXP 11/2016) are printed on the back of the bottles on a white label.
What can happen
The packaging is not child-resistant and senior friendly as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The multivitamin supplement tablets inside the bottle contain iron, which can cause serious injury or death to young children if multiple tablets are ingested at once.
The fix
Consumers should immediately place recalled bottles out of the reach of children and contact International Vitamin Corp. for a free replacement child-resistant cap.
Incidents and where it was sold
- Incidents
- None reported
- Sold at
- Walgreens drug stores nationwide from January 2015 through March 2015 for about $16.
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Questions and answers
What should I do with the recalled multivitamin women 50+ tablets?
Consumers should immediately place recalled bottles out of the reach of children and contact International Vitamin Corp. for a free replacement child-resistant cap.
What is the hazard?
The packaging is not child-resistant and senior friendly as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The multivitamin supplement tablets inside the bottle contain iron, which can cause serious injury or death to young children if multiple tablets are ingested at once.
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.