Country Life Target-Mins Iron Supplement Bottles recall: Lack of Child-Resistant Packaging
Country Life Recalls Target-Mins Iron Supplement Bottles Due to Lack of Child-Resistant Packaging
Why was Country Life Target-Mins Iron Supplement Bottles recalled?
The packaging is not child-resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. The supplement tablets inside the bottle contain iron, which can cause serious injury or death to young children if multiple tablets are ingested at once.
What should I do if I have this product?
Consumers should immediately place recalled bottles out of the reach of children and return them to the place of purchase for a full refund or a replacement bottle. Contact: Country Life at (800) 645-5768, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, by email at [email protected] or visit the firm's website at www.countrylifevitamins.com and click on the "Contact Us" icon, then "Product Questions" for more information.
What to do with a recalled product: refunds, receipts, safe disposal and how to report a problem.
Is my product affected?
Compare the item in your hand with every identifier below from the official CPSC record. Only products that match the listed product and lot, UPC or model codes are part of this recall.
Which lot codes, UPCs or models are affected?
UPC: 015794024927
- Product
- Target-Mins™ Iron Supplement Bottles
- Company
- Country Life LLC, of Hauppauge, New York
- Quantity
- About 1,100
- Sold at
- New Seasons, Sprouts Farmers Market, Vitamin Cottage, Whole Foods Market and other natural food stores nationwide from January 2013 to May 2013 for about $10.
- Recall date
- June 6, 2013
- Incidents / injuries
- None reported
- Agency
- CPSC
Product description
This recall involves Country Life Target-Mins 25 mg iron supplements bottles. The bottle is brown with a black top and has a white label with a yellow banner at the top and a green banner at the bottom. The words "IRON," "Country Life" and "90 tablets" are printed on the label. Bar code 015794024927 and Lot Number 13A866B are printed on the far left side of the front label.