Medicine recalls
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| Canada: Equate (lemon flavour), Personnelle (lemon flavour) and Life Brand (lemon and cherry flavours) Magnesium citrate oral solution saline laxatives recalled due to potential microbial contamination |
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Health Canada announces that all lots of Equate (lemon flavour), Personnelle (lemon flavour) and Life Brand (lemon and cherry flavours) Magnesium citrate oral solution saline laxative are being recalled by the importer, Shandex Sales Group Ltd., due to the possibility of microbial contamination. The company is recalling the products as a precaution in light of a recall in the United States of similar products that are manufactured at the same site.
Microbial testing of the products recalled in the United States identified the presence of Gluconacetobacter liquefaciens. Ingesting contaminated product may result in symptoms including abdominal discomfort or pain, diarrhea, nausea and vomiting. Children, pregnant women, the elderly and people with a weakened immune system may be more susceptible to serious adverse effects from microbial contamination.
Please refer to the following website in Health Canada for details:
http://recalls-rappels.canada.ca/en/alert-recall/equate-lemon-flavour-personnelle-lemon-flavour-and-life-brand-lemon-and-cherry
In Hong Kong, the above products are not registered pharmaceutical products. Related news was previously issued by the United States Food and Drug Administration, and was posted on the Drug Office website on 23 Jun 2022 and 16 Jul 2022.
Ends/Monday, Jul 25, 2022
Issued at HKT 14:00
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