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International Vitamin Corporation Recalls Live Better Vitamins Due to Failure to Meet Child-Resistant Closure Requirement

Recalled June 30, 2011 · CPSC recall 11266 · International Vitamin

Hazard

The iron supplements are not in child-resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act. Ingesting multiple iron supplement tablets at once can cause serious injury or death to young children.

Remedy

Replace

Units

About 12,000 units

Incidents / injuries

No injuries or incidents have been reported.

Description

The recalled supplements were sold in white plastic bottles. "Live Better Complete Multivitamin One Daily Maximum Formula" is printed in blue and red on a white label on one product and "Live Better Complex Vitamin B50" is printed in blue and green on a white label on the other product.

What to do

Consumers should keep this product out of reach of children and call International Vitamin Corporation to receive a free replacement child-resistant cap.

Contact

For additional information, contact IVC toll-free at (866) 927-5470 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit www.ivcinc.com

Product

Live Better One Daily Tablets and Live Better Complex Vitamin B50 Tablets

Manufacturer(s)

International Vitamin Corporation (IVC), of Freehold, N.J.

Retailers

A& P Liquor, A&P, Pathmark, Waldbaum's, The Food Emporium, Super Fresh and Food Basics grocery stores in CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, MA, VA and the District of Columbia between June 2009 and October 2010 for about $8.

Made in

United States

Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Official recall notice on cpsc.gov →