Leiner Recalls Nature's Valley Women's Formula Multivitamin for Packaging Defect
Leiner Health Products is recalling Nature's Valley Women's Formula Multivitamin because the bottles lack required child-resistant packaging, posing a risk of serious injury or death to children.
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (iron supplements without child-resistant packaging) where serious injury or death is possible if ingested by children, but no injuries have been reported.
Plain-English summary
Leiner Health Products of Carson, Calif., is recalling approximately 14,000 bottles of Nature's Valley, Women's Formula Multivitamin. The recalled product is a dietary supplement containing iron, sold in brown plastic bottles with light yellow labels and green screw-on caps. The recall is limited to bottles with lot numbers IFA2750 and IFA2751, which are written vertically on the back of the bottle. The bottles have the UPC code 0 41163 27006 0.
The recall is being conducted because the supplements are not packaged in child-resistant packaging, as required under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. If ingested by children, these iron-containing supplements can cause serious injury or death. CPSC and Leiner have not received any reports of injuries involving these products; the recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injuries.
The supplements were sold nationwide at Albertson's, Jewel, Osco, Sav-on, and Acme stores from July 2001 through February 2002 for between $8 and $9. Consumers should immediately remove the bottles from the reach of young children and return them to the store where purchased for a refund. For additional information, consumers can contact Leiner Health Products at (800) 421-1168 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
The recalled product
- Product
- Nature's Valley, Women's Formula Multivitamin
- Manufacturer
- Leiner Health Products, of Carson, Calif.
- Affected units
- 14,000
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
UPCs (1)
- 041163270060
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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