Product Recall Number: 18-118
Why was Maximum Strength Bacitraycin Plus Ointment with Lidocaine recalled?
The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The pain relieving ointment contains lidocaine, posing a risk of poisoning to young children if they put it on their skin or ingest it.
Product Recall Number: 18-118
Product Safety Warning Number:
Date: 2018-03-07
Product Safety Warning Date:
Name Of Product: Maximum Strength Bacitraycin Plus Ointment with Lidocaine
Description: This recall involves Maximum Strength Bacitraycin Plus Ointment with Lidocaine. The recalled ointment is in a white, one ounce tube with “Bacitraycin Plus” printed on the front in green. Lidocaine is one of the two active ingredients listed on the back of the tube. The tube measures approximately 5 inches long by 1 inch wide. The lot number is printed on the end of the tube. The following lot numbers are included in the recall: Lot Numbers 16001 through 16002 404001 through 404002 405001 through 405003 406001 through 406004 407001 through 407002 415001 through 415010 416001 through 416003 417001 through 417004
Hazard Description: The packaging is not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The pain relieving ointment contains lidocaine, posing a risk of poisoning to young children if they put it on their skin or ingest it.
Consumer Action: None Listed
Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed
Remedy Type: Refund
Units: About 500,000
Incidents: None reported
Remedy: Consumers should immediately place the recalled ointment out of the reach of children and contact United Exchange, the product’s importer, for instructions on how to receive a full refund from the place of purchase.
Sold At: BiLo, Food Lion, Giant Foods, Hannaford, Harris Teeter, Kroger, Price Chopper, Rite Aid, Stop & Shop, Tops and Walgreens stores nationwide from January 2014 through November 2017 for about $9.
Importers: United Exchange Corporation, of Cerritos, Calif.
Manufacturers: None Listed
Distributors: First Aid Research Corp., of Jupiter, Fla.
Manufactured In: South Korea
Custom Label: None Listed
Custom Field: None Listed