NBTY vitamin recall
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Voluntary safety recall of 12,000 Nature's Bounty Multivitamin Plus Iron bottles is underway due to insufficient child-resistant packaging, Consumer Product Safety Commission announces July 12. "If more than 12 tablets are ingested by a child, these iron containing supplements can cause serious injury or death," NBTY warns consumers in a same-day release. The product in question was sold nationwide from July 2004 through March 2005. CPSC and the Bohemia, N.Y.-based firm are instructing consumers to discontinue use and return the supplements to the store where purchased or contact NBTY for a refund or replacement. No incidents or injuries have been reported...