Leiner Health Products · Recalled
CPSC, Leiner Health Products Announce Recall of Multivitamins
The vitamins, which contain iron that can cause serious injury or death if ingested by children, do not have child-resistant packaging, as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act.
- Units
- About 13,000
- Reports
- —
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- 0
- Price
- $16
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The recalled Central Vite multivitamins were sold in a value size container of 500 tablets. The plastic white pill bottle is labeled "Advanced Formula Central Vite® with Lycopene" and "Value Size."
The file
- Sold at
- Long's retail stores nationwide from March 2004 through December 2004 for about $16.
- Product type
- Vitamins & Supplements
- Made in
- United States
- Recalled by
- Leiner Health Products, of Carson, Calif.
Incident log
No injuries or incidents have been reported.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should keep this product out of reach of children and return the product to the nearest Long's retail store for a refund or replacement.
Call Leiner Health Products at (800) 421-1168 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. PT Monday through Friday. Consumers may visit www.leiner.com and www.longs.com for information about this recall.
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 JAN 28 2005; last revised SEP 11 2024.