Earthroma Recalls Wintergreen Essential Oil Due to Failure to Meet Child Resistant Packaging Requirement; Risk of Poisoning (Recall Alert)
What's being recalled
Earthroma's Wintergreen Essential Oil
Units: About 140
This recall involves Earthroma's Wintergreen Essential oil in amber bottles of 5 mL, 15 mL, and 30 mL. The products include a green and white label with the firm's logo.
The problem, in CPSC's words
The product contains the substance methyl salicylate which must be in child resistant packaging as required by the Poison Prevention Packaging Act (PPPA). The packaging of the product is not child resistant, posing a risk of poisoning if the contents are swallowed by young children.
Incidents and injuries reported to CPSC
None reported.
What CPSC says to do
Replace
Consumers should immediately store the product in a safe location out of reach of children and contact Earthroma for a free replacement child resistant cap. All known purchasers are being notified directly by the firm about the recall.
How to contact the company
Earthroma at 800-319-9310 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. CT Monday through Friday, email at [email protected], or online at www.earthroma.com and click on Recall for more information or go to https://earthroma.com/pages/wintergreen-recall.
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Source: U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission recall notice 20722, cpsc.gov. Text in quotes is from CPSC. Photos: CPSC.