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McNeil Consumer Healthcare Announces Voluntary Recall of Certain OTC Infants' and Children's Products FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 30, 2010 - Fort Washington, PA. McNeil Consumer Healthcare, Division of McNEIL-PPC, Inc., in consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is voluntarily recalling all lots that have not yet expired of certain over-the-counter (OTC) Children's and Infants' liquid products manufactured in the United States and distributed in the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Dubai (UAE), Fiji, Guam, Guatemala, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, and Kuwait. (SEE RECALLED PRODUCT LIST BELOW). For additional information, including affected NDC numbers, consumers should visit our website www.mcneilproductrecall.com or call 1-888-222-6036 (Monday-Friday 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Eastern Time, and Saturday-Sunday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Time). Any adverse reactions may also be reported to the FDA's MedWatch Program by fax at 1-800-FDA-0178, by mail at MedWatch, FDA, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852-9787, or on the MedWatch website at www.fda.gov/medwatch2. Pretty Much all Roman and Roll-Up Blinds Recalled via The Consumerist by Chris Walters on 12/15/09 The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Window Covering Safety Council have announced a "recall to repair" of all Roman shades and roll-up shades, after multiple reports of deaths and near strangulations in recent years. If you've got kids in your house and you use either type of window covering, visit www.windowcoverings.org or call 800-506-4636 to receive a free kit that will let you retrofit the shades and blinds with clips. Here's a video from the Window Covering Safety Council explaining the problem. Recall on Gund Baby Paperboard Books The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Gund have announced the recall of their children's paperboard books with plastic handles designed as baby rattles. The Styrofoam used to fill the book binding can detach, posing a choking/aspiration to infants and young children. Consumers should contact Gund for a free replacement product by calling 1-800-436-3726 between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. CST, Monday through Friday or visit www.gund.com. Additional information about this and other recalls may be found on the CPSC Web site: http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prerel.html. |
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