The Recall Desk
HighCPSC·19772·Announced 2019-08-22

Piping Rock Recalls Wintergreen Essential Oil for Child-Resistant Closure Failure

Piping Rock Health Products is recalling wintergreen essential oil bottles that lack required child-resistant closures, posing a poisoning risk to young children.

What this means for you

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 (poisoning) where injury has not yet been reported, which aligns with the 'High' severity criteria in the rubric.

Plain-English summary

Piping Rock Health Products of Ronkonkoma, N.Y., is recalling approximately 18,600 bottles of Piping Rock wintergreen 100% pure essential oil. The recalled product is a 1/2 fl. oz. (15 ml) glass amber dropper bottle with a black cap and a yellow, red, and green label. The bottles fail to meet the child-resistant closure requirements of the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, which creates a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.

The recalled product was sold at Piping Rock Vitamin Factory Outlet locations nationwide and online at Amazon.com and PipingRock.com from March 2013 through June 2019 for about $5. The product number is NT6446, the UPC code is 610256764467, and the lot numbers are 1905, 4000, 5980, 7420, 9344, 11202, 27180, 31397, 37913, 43369, 45843, or 56439.

No injuries have been reported. Consumers should immediately place the recalled essential oil out of the reach of children and contact Piping Rock Health Products for a full refund. The company is contacting all known purchasers directly. For more information, consumers can call 800-544-1925, email [email protected], or visit www.pipingrock.com and click on Product Safety Recall.

The recalled product

Product
Piping Rock wintergreen essential oil
Manufacturer
Piping Rock Health Products, of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
Category
Consumer Product — Essential Oils
Hazard
Affected units
18,600

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)

  • 610256764467

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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