Piping Rock Health Products Recalls Wintergreen Essential Oil Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Closure Requirements; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)

Recalled August 22, 2019 · CPSC recall 19772 · Piping Rock Health Products

PipingRock wintergreen 100% pure essential oil –recalled bottle

PipingRock wintergreen 100% pure essential oil – label

Hazard

The bottles are not child resistant as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act, posing a poisoning risk if the contents are swallowed by young children.

Remedy

Refund

Units

About 18,600

Incidents / injuries

None reported

Description

The recalled PipingRock wintergreen 100% pure essential oil is in a 1/2 fl. oz. (15 ml) glass amber dropper bottle. It has a black cap and a yellow, red and green label with PipingRock Wintergreen Oil Gaultheria procumbens 100% Pure Essential Oil printed on the front. Product number NT6446, UPC code 610256764467 and lot number 1905, 4000, 5980, 7420, 9344, 11202, 27180, 31397, 37913, 43369, 45843 or 56439 are printed on the back of the product.

What to do

Consumers should immediately place the recalled essential oil out of the reach of children and contact Piping Rock Health Products for a full refund. Piping Rock Health Products is contacting all known purchasers directly.

Contact

Piping Rock Health Products at 800-544-1925 from 8 a.m. to 12 a.m. ET Monday through Saturday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Sunday, email at [email protected] or online at www.pipingrock.com and click on Product Safety Recall for more information.

Product

Piping Rock wintergreen essential oil

Manufacturer(s)

Piping Rock Health Products, of Ronkonkoma, N.Y.

Retailers

Piping Rock Vitamin Factory Outlet nationwide and online at Amazon.com and PipingRock.com from March 2013 through June 2019 for about $5.

Made in

United States

UPC

610256764467

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