Medicine recalls
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| The United States: Garden of Life LLC issues recall of Baby Organic Liquid formula |
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announces that Garden of Life, LLC is issuing a voluntary precautionary recall of its new supplement for infants, Baby Organic Liquid (Lot Number: 5487617, 5487717, 5487817, 5500817) because the product, as labeled, includes directions for use that may be misinterpreted. The company is concerned that if not administered precisely following the labeled instructions, the product may present difficulties in swallowing and potentially pose a choking hazard due to the thickness of the liquid.
Baby Organic Liquid is a liquid supplement packaged in a blue carton that includes a measuring syringe. The label currently instructs parents, “Do not insert syringe directly in mouth. Dispense liquid slowly into the mouth, toward the inner cheek. May be mixed with breast milk or formula.” The company is recalling the product in order to relabel it with new instructions, advising parents to only administer the product by mixing in either breast milk or formula and not to administer directly into the infant’s mouth.
Garden of Life launched the product as part of its Dr. Formulated line within the last two weeks with limited distribution to date.
The ingredients in Baby Organic Liquid are safe for infants. The company’s concern leading to this recall arose after learning that a parent had difficulties with the safe administration of the product into a newborn’s mouth. While no hospitalizations or similar injuries have occurred, the company is taking this issue very seriously and taking all necessary precautions in an abundance of caution.
Please refer to the following website in FDA for details:
http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm575135.htm
In Hong Kong, the above product is not a registered pharmaceutical product.
Ends/ Saturday, 9 September 2017
Issued at HKT 12:00
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