Leiner Health Products · Recalled
CPSC, Leiner Health Products Announce Recall of Dietary Supplements Containing Iron
The supplements being recalled are not packaged in child-resistant packaging, as required under the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. If ingested by children, these iron-containing supplements can cause serious injury or death.
- Units
- About 14,000
- Reports
- —
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $8–$9
- Remedy
- See notice
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Affected
The product included in the recall is "Nature's Valley, Women's Formula Multivitamin." The supplement was sold in a brown plastic bottle with a light yellow label. The bottles have UPC code "0 41163 27006 0" located on the back of the bottle The recalled product is packaged in containers of 60 tablets and have green screw-on caps. Only bottles with lot numbers IFA2750 and IFA2751 are included in the recall. The lot numbers are written vertically down the back of the bottle.
The file
- Sold at
- Albertson's, Jewel, Osco, Sav-on and Acme sold these recalled supplement bottles nationwide, from July 2001 through February 2002, for between $8 and $9.
- Product type
- Vitamins & Supplements
- Made in
- Not stated
- Recalled by
- Leiner Health Products, of Carson, Calif.
Incident log
CPSC and Leiner have not received any reports of injuries involving these products. This recall is being conducted to prevent the possibility of injuries.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should immediately remove the bottles from the reach of young children and return them to the store where purchased, for a refund.
For additional information, contact Leiner Health Products at (800) 421-1168 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday.
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated MAR 12 2002; last revised AUG 27 2025.
