Product Recall Number: 10-085
Why was recalled?
"The cold and flu medicine contains acetaminophen and is not in child-resistant packaging and lacks the statement, “This Package for Households Without Young Children,” as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. This medicine could cause serious health problems or death to a child if several of the capsules are swallowed."
Product Recall Number: 10-085
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2009-12-17
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: None Listed
Description: "The cold and flu medicine contains acetaminophen and is not in child-resistant packaging and lacks the statement, “This Package for Households Without Young Children,” as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act."
Hazard Description: "The cold and flu medicine contains acetaminophen and is not in child-resistant packaging and lacks the statement, “This Package for Households Without Young Children,” as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. This medicine could cause serious health problems or death to a child if several of the capsules are swallowed."
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund, Replace
Units: "About 700,000 packages"
Incidents: None reported.
Remedy: Consumers should keep this product out of the reach of children. Consumers who purchased the product with the expectation that it would be in child-resistant packaging can contact Procter & Gamble for a full refund or a replacement coupon. Adult consumers can continue to use the product as directed.
Sold At: "Drug stores, grocery stores and other retailers nationwide between September 2008 and December 2009 for about $5."
Importers: None Listed
Manufacturers: "The Procter & Gamble Co., of Cincinnati, Ohio"
Distributors: None Listed
Manufactured In: Canada
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed