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Category: Recalls

  • Motrin Infant Drops

    Recall date: September 6, 2013

    Name of product: Motrin Infants’ Drops in ½ fl oz size, Original Berry Flavor

    The Hazard: A lot of the baby pain reliever/fever reducer was found to contain tiny plastic particles about the size of a poppy seed.

    Description: About 200,000 bottles are being recalled because a lot was found to contain tiny plastic particles during manufacturing. That lot did not go to market but other lots made with the same batch of active ingredient, ibuprofen, are being recalled. The recalled bottles have the following lot numbers: DCB3T01, DDB4R01, DDB4S01. UPC code for all is 300450524157.
    What to do: If you find the recalled product in your home, stop using it and throw it away. Consumers wishing for a refund should call 1-877-414-7709.

  • Toys R Us Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards

    Recall Date: April 15, 2013

    Recall Number: 13-732

    Recall Summary

    Name of product: Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets

    Hazard: When two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside a child’s intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.

    Remedy: Refund

    Consumer Contact: Call Toys R Us, at (800) 869-7787 from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET on Sundays, or online at www.toysrus.com, then click on About Us, then select “Safety” at the top of the page, and then “Click here” under Product Recalls.

    Recall Details

    Units: About 60

    Description: This recall involves high-powered magnets sets with the brand name Buckyballs. The sets contain 216 silver-colored, spherical rare earth magnets, each about five millimeters in diameter.

    Incidents/Injuries: Toys R Us has received no reports of injuries. CPSC has received 54 reports of incidents involving children ingesting high-powered magnets resulting in 53 reports of medical intervention.

    Remedy: Consumers should stop using the recalled high-powered magnet sets immediately, take all associated individual magnets away from children and teenagers and contact Toys R Us as listed above for a full refund. Toys R Us will contact each purchasing customer directly to coordinate the recall. Returns of the magnet sets will not be accepted in stores.

    Sold at: ToysRUs.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $40.

    Importer: Maxfield & Oberton LLC

    Manufactured in: China